Archive for September, 2026
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/30
Recently someone commited a large set of LLM (Large Language Model often wrongly called AI or Artificial Intelligence as at best they are an AI model, or better phrased machine learning model, not even a machine learning reality¹) assistance files to the pixelfed repository. This caused quite some turmoil resulting in pixelfed banning AI generated contributions.
This is for good reason: too many LLM generated commits lack quality control. This results in shoving the burden of the checks from the contributor to the volunteers of the project teams. Those volunteers are already overwhelmed anyway (there is always an applicable XKCD, in this case [Wayback/Archive] 2347: Dependency – explain xkcd).
The offending commit was [Wayback/Archive] Add AI docs · pixelfed/pixelfed@65dff00 · GitHub. The contributor was lazy enough to wrongly name this commit, as these weren’t docs in the sense of documentation, but a set of Claude Skills and other LLM slop².
That behaviour is exemplary for almost all LLM contributions: most humans and systems generating them take them for correct and just commit their content.
I am still not convinced that the main contributor switching within a few days from “oh, let’s add LLM stuff” into “nope, we are not going to allow LLM” vows for a strong soul.
The Pixelfed statement is via [Wayback/Archive] pixelfed: “Pixelfed bans AI generated contributions…” – Mastodon
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Posted in Agile, AI and ML; Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Claude, Code Quality, Development, Generative AI, JavaScript/ECMAScript, LLM, PHP, Quality Assurance, Scripting, Software Development, Vue.js | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/30
Interesting: [Wayback/Archive] Low Power current measuring with Nordic Power Profiler Kit 2 – YouTube
It’s a review of [Wayback/Archive] Power Profiler Kit II – Get started – nordicsemi.com.
The Power Profiler Kit II (PPK2) is a standalone unit, which can measure and optionally supply currents all the way from sub-uA and as high as 1A on all Nordic DKs, in addition to external hardware.
Via:
–jeroen
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Posted in Development, Electronics Development, Hardware, Hardware Development, Power User | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/29
Interesting question with (too few but) nice comments: [Wayback/Archive] Tom Schuster: “To my security peeps: Was the …” – Hachyderm.io
- To my security peeps: Was the introduction of widespread fuzzing similar to AI-based bug hunting now, or is this really a different beast?
- @evilpie IMHO it’s very similar, definitely larger scale though
- @buherator @evilpie agree that it is similar, it feels like the larger scale is mainly because the security industry grew and many people experiment with LLMs. Prompting seems more intuitive than writing a harness for AFL, so it’s probably more how humans approach than the tool. It’s just another tool.
- Signal to noise ratio is worse with LLMs but but but but but
- @floyd @evilpie I tried to avoid elaborating on “scale” because it refers to many things in this case, e.g.:- How easily you can adapt to a new target (vs. AFL)
– How much power is available for the task (GPU acceleration)
– Number of bug classes you can (trivially) aim for (vs. fuzzing for logic bugs)
– etc.
--jeroen
Posted in Agile, Code Quality, Development, Quality Assurance, Software Development | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/29
Just in case I ever want to migrate a repository from SourceForge to GitHub: [Wayback/Archive] ipmitool/sf2gh: migrates tickets to GH from SF
This was developed for the Gene Ontology but is generic and will work for any project.
The project consists of two files, the extensive [Wayback/Archive] sf2gh/README.md at master · ipmitool/sf2gh · GitHub which has a very important tip:
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Posted in cURL, Development, DVCS - Distributed Version Control, git, GitHub, JavaScript/ECMAScript, Perl, Software Development, Source Code Management, SourceForge | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/28
Not using vim much, so every time I need it for more complex things than basic editing or leaving any vi based text editor (hello <Esc> :q!), I need a FAQ or cheat sheet.
I like this one the most as it has merged most if not all other cheat sheets in it: [Wayback/Archive] ikwyl6 vim cheat sheet.
The above page is the [Wayback/Archive] CDN for your source code | raw.githack.com hosted version of the HTML page in the repository [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – ikwyl6/vim-cheat-sheet-html: Collaboration of vim cheat sheets I’ve found and put them in a html file.
That means you can contribute to it with more vim features in case they become available.
By intent, the cheat sheet looks like [Wayback/Archive] Vim Cheat Sheet – vim.rtorr.com, but it omits the tips bits like:
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Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, CDN (Content Delivery Network), Cloud, Hosting, Infrastructure, Power User, vi/vim | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/28
[Wayback/Archive] amp8888 comments on PSA: The ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Gen 4 Card Is VERY Long (~27cm) via [Wayback/Archive] PSA: The ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Gen 4 Card Is VERY Long (~27cm) : homelab
Just a quick PSA to everyone out there: the PCIe gen 4 version of the ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 card is very long, so take that into consideration if you’re planning to use them in a server.
Note at at 12.2cm, the card is also quote tall. This tool can be a problem on many 19″ rackmount systems. For instance on my Dell R730xd, I had to remove part of the aluminium chassis above PCIe slot #4 in order to make the card fit. This was easy using a set of pliers and does not interfere with any of the mounting mechanisms.
Older versions of the ASUS card are smaller, but cannot do PCIe 4.0:
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Posted in Dell PowerEdge R730, Hardware, M.2/NGFF, NVMe, PCIe/PCI-e/PCI Express, Power User, SSD | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/25
Onze druiven hebben een sterk wisselend gehalte aan pectine, daarom onderstaand wat linkjes zodat een volgende badge jam hopelijk een consistenter resultaat aan dikte geeft.
Pectine lost niet makkelijk op en kan klontjes geven. Daarom is het vaak makkelijk om het met een heel klein beetje water tot een gelijkmatige pasta te roeren en dan pas aan je kokende fruitmengsel toe te voegen.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/25
I got a “The signed image’s hash is not allowed (DB)” when booting an OpenSUSE Linux ISO Image:
[Wayback/Archive] p.png (624×351)
It was the signed image ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/opensuse/distribution/leap/15.5/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.5-DVD-x86_64-Build491.1-Media.iso which isn’t trusted by Hyper-V to perform UEFI secure boot.
Technically, the UEFI secure boot specifications support adding acceptable digital signatures in order to allow booting from media not signed by Microsoft, but alas, Hyper-V does not allow that option as per [Wayback/Archive] Secure boot with custom keys – Microsoft Q&A.
The not so satisfying solution is to turn off secure booting for this particular VM in Hyper-V from the VM-options (Ctrl-O) menu with the steps below.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/24
Despite, or maybe thanks to, being a duplicate I like this [Wayback/Archive] command line – How can I view all Wi-Fi network names (SSIDs) in my area in the terminal? – Ask Different (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Jandroid and [Wayback/Archive] Ray de Groat)
The reason is that unlike similar questions it has a single answer that works on more recent MacOS versions:
system_profiler SPAirPortDataType
I usually amend it with | less for easier browsing.
It means this question skips all kinds of answers with commands that over the course of time Apple has decided to kill and now no longer work or only work as admin:
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Posted in Development, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Power User, Scripting, Software Development, WiFi | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/09/24
A long time ago I mentioned remapkey.exe. It was part of various Microsoft Resource Kit versions and still available from the Wayback Machine at [Wayback rktools.exe: install, then run remapkey.exe as admin].
It however is unmaintained and does not support quite a few keys.
So for more than 20 years now, there has been the still maintained [Wayback/Archive] randyrants/sharpkeys: SharpKeys is a utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key.
The user interface is not as intuitive as remapkey.exe (which has source and target keyboard layouts), but supports more keys (including Print Screen) and is still maintained and allows to turn off keys completely (which can be useful with for instance the Caps Lock key).
Back when writing this, the most recent release was 3.9.4 fro 2022. You can find the most current at [Wayback/Archive] Releases · randyrants/sharpkeys.
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Posted in .NET, C#, Development, Power User, Software Development, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows NT, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »
