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Game of Guns, Bombs, Planes and Drones Or, an essential dynamic of military industrialism

Just as Krupp provided the hardware that made the death and destruction of World War I possible, so too do a handful of weapons manufacturers that make the weapons used in the current military action in Iran. These companies will make money as others suffer.

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It wasn't the first time, it won't be the last.

It couldn't happen to a nicer scumbag.

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And, may it serve as a reminder that Trump has no loyalty whatsoever to anyone except himself.

Databricks built a RAG agent it says can handle every kind of enterprise search Databricks' KARL agent uses reinforcement learning to generalize across six enterprise search behaviors — the problem that breaks most RAG pipelines.

Databricks' KARL solves the problem that breaks most enterprise RAG. The key lies with some advanced techniques for Reinforcement Learning (RL).

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No, Skynet Hasn’t Arrived: The AI Network That Turned Out to Be Mostly Human OpenClaw and Moltbook looked like a sci-fi breakthrough. Security researchers saw something else.

While people were watching #Moltbook in fascination, #security researchers were freaking out.

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Companies Blame AI for Job Cuts. The Data Tells a More Complicated Story. Companies attribute tens of thousands of layoffs to AI, but how much is automation actually involved?

Blaming #layoffs on #AI is also a humblebrag of sorts — if companies are laying off people due to AI, it must be because they’re so advanced and such skilled users of the technology.

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Op Note: 3 Rules for Pricing Client Engagements Quote with confidence

Good essay.
These three go-to rules for quoting a project aren’t so much instructional as high-level theorems. "Once you understand them and embrace them, you’ll be able to quote your projects with more confidence and less second-guessing." b2bs.substack.com/p/op-note-3-...

I vote stupid. Even I know Sea Viper is a top AA system, and I'm on the US side of the pond.

Any questions?

Multiple US embassies are telling Americans they cannot evacuate or help them get out of the Middle East US embassies in Jerusalem and Qatar issued statements on Tuesday saying they could not help Americans leave the Middle East.

It's like they don't have an exit plan for Americans.... Or, America, come to think of it!

I travel internationally a lot, and one of the smaller annoyances of the current regime is that you get less support than ever if you need help from an embassy.

www.businessinsider.com/us-embassies...

Ding! Correct!

I need help debugging my code. Can you see what I did wrong?

Did anyone expect anything else?

Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

Patel "targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran" days before the US attacked Iran.
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Open-source community gets a Claude-sized gift Anthropic wants to recruit the top open-source developers and maintainers to its side. Unless they're in China, of course. Anthropic has launched a n...

Open-source community gets a Claude-sized gift thedeepview.com/articles/ope... by @sjvn.bsky.social

If you're a top #opensource developer, Anthropic wants to give you free access to its $200-a-month, Claude Max 20x plan for six months. Now, that's a deal!

Just published on FOSS Force: Our Fundraising Drive: Like Listener-Supported Radio, Without Breaking Into Programming fossforce.com/2026/03/our-...

Why Real-Time Inventory in Retail Has Never Worked Well

Shoppers find it frustrating to check whether an item is available, only to be unable to purchase it. But they are not nearly as frustrated as retail IT leaders.
www.windriver.com/blog/Why-Rea...

RLC Pro is an enterprise Linux for the AI era If you want an affordable enterprise Linux for your AI, CIQ has a commercial offering based on Rocky Linux for you.

RLC Pro is an enterprise Linux for the AI era: thenewstack.io/ciq-launches... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social

If you want an affordable enterprise #Linux for your #AI, CIQ has a commercial offering based on Rocky Linux for you.

Red Hat introduces its first out and out AI platform Red Hat goes all in on AI.

Red Hat introduces its first out and out AI platform: thenewstack.io/red-hat-intr... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social

It was only a matter of time; Red Hat's now all in on #AI.

Anthropic to Department of Defense: Drop dead There are some moral lines AI powerhouse Anthropic won't cross. Too bad the same can’t be said about OpenAI and other such firms.

There are some moral lines AI powerhouse Anthropic won't cross. Too bad the same can’t be said about OpenAI and other such firms. computerworld.com/article/4138... via @computerworld.com & @sjvn.bsky.social

Just published on FOSS Force: Gentoo Starts Exit from GitHub’s Microsoft and Copilot‑Infested Walled Garden fossforce.com/2026/03/gent...

Open source package repositories face sustainability crisis Opinion: Careless big-time users are treating FOSS repos like content delivery networks

Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every download www.theregister.com/2026/02/28/o... via @theregister.com & @sjvn.bsky.social

Billion-dollar companies have been treating #opensource code repositories like they have infinite, free resources. Spoiler: They don't. The bill is coming due.

Hardcore Star Trek fans know that their futuristic computing devices use the LCARS interface. Could the L stand for #Linux? You see, Linux is being used ever more in space tech. by @sjvn.bsky.social

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Just published on FOSS Force: Canadian Software Boutique SimplyPHP Acquired by Startup-Focused TLM fossforce.com/2026/02/cana...

HR: Where do you see yourself in five years?
Me:

ServiceNow resolves 90% of its own IT requests autonomously. Now it wants to do the same for any enterprise ServiceNow's new Autonomous Workforce framework inherits enterprise permissions from deployment — so AI specialists can't exceed scope or self-escalate. CVS Health's CISO explains why governance architecture, not capability, is the real unlock for enterprise agentic AI.

ServiceNow is serious about automation. Apparently the key isn't about being smarter, it's about having the right roles, permissions and use cases.

"Don't chase butterflies. Focus on gritty, unsexy, operational use cases..."

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Just published on FOSS Force: Q4OS 6 Andromeda: More Than Just Debian on a Diet for Old Machines fossforce.com/2026/02/q4os...

Linux explores new way of authenticating developers and their code - here's how it works Linux kernel maintainers propose a less painful process for identifying developers. See how it can make Linux code safer than ever.

Linux explores new way of authenticating developers and their code - here's how it works zdnet.com/article/linu... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social

#Linux kernel maintainers propose a less painful process for identifying developers and their code, making it safer than ever.

I plugged it in, and all I got was a crappy MP3 of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up."

FCC Chair Brendan Carr praises Bari Weiss’ CBS “I think they’re doing a great job,” Carr said at Semafor’s Restoring Trust in Media event Wednesday.

@semafor.com is such a perfect example of softball brunchlord media and the feckless way it normalizes and downplays radical censorial authoritarians

reading this you'd barely be aware that Carr is a free speech trampling extremist (who in his free time guts telecom and media consumer protections)