Ernie Smith

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Last Notes

2026-10-22 13:02:19 UTC

lol whoops [www.phoronix.com/news/LKML-Ne...](https://www.phoronix.com/news/LKML-New-Trend-Vulnerabilities )
[Several Linux Kernel Vulnerabi...](https://www.phoronix.com/news/LKML-New-Trend-Vulnerabilities )

2026-10-21 14:42:20 UTC

Anyone upgrading PHP this morning, go here: [ma.ttias.be/php-cve-2026...](https://ma.ttias.be/php-cve-2026-109618-patch/ )
[PHP CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-20...](https://ma.ttias.be/php-cve-2026-109618-patch/ )

2026-09-11 13:55:51 UTC

Hi, I would like to tell you about the company whose AI agents spammed me four times in the past three hours.
If you are a creative, particularly one who does #freelance, you need to know about the dystopian iLands business model. Keep yourself safe.
[tedium.co/2026/09/11/i...](https://tedium.co/2026/09/11/ilands-agents-email-spam-kaixin-tang/ )
new [@tedium.co@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:ibzvsahcpkzxbdcw4jrr2kzq )
[The Worst Spam Emails: Inside ...](https://tedium.co/2026/09/11/ilands-agents-email-spam-kaixin-tang/ )

2026-04-11 02:42:48 UTC

So I tried Gemma4 on that mini PC I reviewed recently as part of my self-hosting post, and I gotta say, this is getting very close to being something a normie could run locally.
This computer just has 24GB RAM & a mobile-grade Ryzen APU and it’s running great. Not the fastest but more than enough.

2025-11-22 21:44:38 UTC

If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
[www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...](https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/11/gmail-is-reading-your-emails-and-attachments-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-turn-it-off )
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2025-10-11 17:53:36 UTC

I feel like this theory also explains why the “Trump is weird” approach that Walz hit on last year was so effective and why everything fell apart once the consultants got involved and told him to act normal.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4t2ziwnnescprzorvmrfduey/post/3m2wppulw2k2e
#note1a06…48a9

2025-10-04 03:47:57 UTC

If the last three years of decentralized social media has taught me anything, it's that protocol just doesn't move the needle for regular folks, no matter the technical benefits. But the people who work on the technical end are really into it.
Getting them to meet in the middle is hard. (Thread 🧵)

2025-09-24 22:01:33 UTC

Hey, can you all do me a big favor? My childhood friend Chris recently found out he has terminal cancer. He has two daughters.
One of them, Alivia, wants to go see Alex Warren with her dad in Columbus, Ohio.
If you know someone in his orbit, send it to him. If you don’t, please share this post. ❤️
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2025-09-18 13:52:07 UTC

Nvidia be like
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hss3j2uwxdxklj6f3bx7ch5y/post/3lz4ijnnvbk2t
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#note1j2j…t9gg

2025-09-18 13:49:28 UTC

Definite “Microsoft swooping in to save Apple” energy.
[nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-...](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-and-intel-to-develop-ai-infrastructure-and-personal-computing-products )
[NVIDIA and Intel to Develop AI...](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-and-intel-to-develop-ai-infrastructure-and-personal-computing-products )

2025-08-23 05:12:34 UTC

A quick piece considering what’s next for Bluesky in the wake of the evening’s news about Mississippi.
It was the right call on Bluesky’s part. It still hurts.
[tedium.co/2025/08/23/b...](https://tedium.co/2025/08/23/bluesky-mississippi-reaction/ )
new [@tedium.co](https://bsky.app/profile/tedium.co ) (featuring a cameo from @npub12hw…q5xn)
[Bluesky Leaves Mississippi. Wh...](https://tedium.co/2025/08/23/bluesky-mississippi-reaction/ )

2025-08-23 01:24:46 UTC

If you are a regular user based in Mississippi, now is a good time to look at what the AT Protocol can do to keep you online. You do not have to use Bluesky to have a presence on Bluesky.

2025-07-09 16:27:52 UTC

Whoa, Google is mainstreaming micropayments. If you were given the option of paying money for a day pass or viewing a short ad, which would you pick?
[pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/goo...](https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/google-offerwall-monetisation-adverts-publishers/ )
[Google Offerwall explained: Ea...](https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/google-offerwall-monetisation-adverts-publishers/ )

2025-06-27 00:49:09 UTC

Just heard we lost a typography legend. RIP Jim Parkinson, who designed your favorite news nameplate.
Oh, and the Rolling Stone logo.

2025-06-12 01:01:09 UTC

Gotta educate departing MSM personalities that there are other services that take smaller cuts and have fewer ethical hiccups.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hss3j2uwxdxklj6f3bx7ch5y/post/3lrepgh5cbc2h
#note1mw8…en77

2025-06-12 00:52:42 UTC

Of course he launched a Substack. It’s always a Substack.

2025-05-31 00:29:11 UTC

The obvious solution to this problem is to start working on things yourself. I modified an Obsidian plugin for Mastodon so I could post threads on Bluesky.
I need to finish it and clean it up, but it works. I have been posting some pretty cool threads with it.
Get past the fear factor.
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#note1890…yp4n

2025-04-21 13:29:44 UTC

JD Vance forcing an interaction with the Pope and the Pope dying a day later is so on the nose

2024-11-12 14:23:27 UTC

I encourage you all to promote your shit. Promote it daily. Promote it frequently. Promote it because you like doing it.
The fact that our social networks got us out of this habit is a reflection on how bad they were, not that you were doing anything bad.

2024-08-02 02:01:22 UTC

So apparently Steve Ballmer decided to spend millions of dollars of his own money to shoot a bunch of videos that explain what’s happening with immigration and other issues with a bias-free approach to data. Then he paid to put these clips on Fox News.
[www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt91...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt91pxCd0qA )
[Just the Facts About US Immigr...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt91pxCd0qA )