Happy birthday curl and this week Grok showed its excellence in exposing some apps to the whole world.

Happy birthday curl and this week Grok showed its excellence in exposing some apps to the whole world.

Some interesting reads from this week, Google is turning off search for schools rejecting AI, OpenAI wants to rename data centers and scientist found the root cause of 60 second pulse in the energy grid.

Some interesting reads from this week, Google is turning off search for schools rejecting AI, OpenAI wants to rename data centers and scientist found the root cause of 60 second pulse in the energy grid.

During troubleshooting, I often need to check whether a user can access a path or file. For example, in HCL Connections, I may need to check whether the web server or WebSphere user can access the shared directory.

During troubleshooting, I often need to check whether a user can access a path or file. For example, in HCL Connections, I may need to check whether the web server or WebSphere user can access the shared directory.

Again a lot of AI news, hope it’s still interesting for you. Enjow reading.

Again a lot of AI news, hope it’s still interesting for you. Enjow reading.

A bit late today, but started a migration early in the morning and forgot about the article. Sorry and I hope you will like the links.

A bit late today, but started a migration early in the morning and forgot about the article. Sorry and I hope you will like the links.

Defrosting fridges and more strange AI topics this week.

Haven’t read a lot that week, but three posts were interesting. Enjoy the reading.

Again some AI news, but one interesting read this week was the the flyby of ESAs’ JUICE (Jupiter Moon Explorer) and the Netherlands picking NixOS for their souvereign desktops. I hope you enjoy the links.

Some HCL Connections communities have been running for more than 15 years. Their discussions, documents, and decisions form a valuable collection of organizational knowledge. New employees and people changing teams can use this history to come up to speed, so losing it would be a serious problem.

The HCL Connections preview server is a good example. Content disappeared there after an update, and nobody had preserved it. An archive would have kept that knowledge available.

This week I found connections-export, a Python project for creating portable archives from HCL Connections content. It looks like an awesome tool for preserving a community’s current state in an open format.

This week’s links cover the fragility of US-based infrastructure, smart fridge firmware, AI-generated slop, journald, and the art of asking good questions.

I have used the HCL Connections automation project for years. I abandoned my own Ansible roles for deploying Connections and switched to it. The project works, but it misses some basic practices: it stores passwords in clear text, and its variable inheritance makes environment-specific settings hard to follow.

I got out running again this week. My bruised ribs are healing, and my thumb is nearly as good as new. The links this week cover AI privacy, accountability, surveillance, education, wealth, and the risks of putting powerful tools in the wrong hands.

Just one short article this week. It’s been a difficult one: I lost a good friend and injured myself while running. Thankfully, I only dislocated my thumb and bruised my ribs; nothing is broken. I hope you enjoy the read.

Crisp wheat and rye rolls covered with sunflower seeds, sesame and oats.

A soft and buttery brioche loaf.

Soft American-style toast with a light crumb and a thin crust.

I have a WMF spatula with a stainless steel handle and a silicone head. The silicone part is damaged, but the handle is still perfectly usable.

I contacted WMF to ask whether I could buy a replacement silicone head. I received an automatic confirmation with the case number 08779855, but no answer followed.

Throwing away a stainless steel handle because one small part is not available feels wrong. The product could continue to work for many years if WMF offered the silicone part as a replacement.

Week 36 is over. This time, I recommend watching the NDC Copenhagen keynote, checking Wunderwuzzi’s findings in Opus 5, and reading about LibreOffice’s download record during its release week.

A proof of concept for bringing Community themes back to HCL Connections 8.

A simple wheat bread with sourdough pre-dough.

A normal homeoffice week, but still full of ideas and to-dos after FrOSCon. Linux celebrated the 35th birthday this week, have fun reading this weeks link collection.

Pizza is easier to make at home than you might think.

A simple tomato sauce for pasta or pizza.

A simple gluten-free flatbread that I usually bake in the oven. Small batches can also be made in a pan.

A simple flatbread with gluten that I usually bake in the oven. Small batches can also be made in a pan.