I love new books. 
Okay, It has been a while since I have done any web development. So I decided to get some new books to address changes in the last few years. Because, yes, in the last few years a lot has happened. I am hoping these books are solid. I will let you know. If you happen to be thinking of the irony of the choices of my two titles, I know, that is just how I process. 
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The issue I see here is that most of the general public have a misinformed idea of what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is. Most think of AI as LLMs and even though they are a significant part of AI today they did not evolve in AI until 2018, at least not to the general public. Yet AI has been a field of study and implementation since 1956. Take a look at the history of AI. Obviously it is not a new idea. I cannot tell you what all scientists think of AI. I can tell you what this scientist thinks of AI.
AI is a practical tool that can be used to make your research a lot more productive. AI can parse data sets far faster than humans can. With that said keep in mind that Natural Intelligence (NI) is not perfect and AI is modeled after NI, based on an Artificial Neural Network that can be trained (this is a generalization not a precise definition). Just like our own NI it can be taught wrong, it can produce bad results, just like us. It can even produce mistakes faster than any team of engineers could! Yet most of the time it produces useful results. So it is a vastly useful tool and one of the greatest achievements of our era.
I do not use general purpose corporate offerings for AI. I use domain specific LLMs that I train locally (fine tune not base train) and train ML architectures such as random forests, small CNNs. They have a far better accuracy rate as they are not trying to evaluate every possible evaluation as they are limited in scope by the domain they are trained in. I see this as the optimal way for a data science research. Also it is great for code analysis though I personally do not have AI generate code. I do not have an issue with those that do. In my opinion any one that has a code base of over 100,000 lines of code and is not using AI analysis is being irresponsible.
The anti-AI collective aka the general public have a very misinformed view of what AI is. Machine Learning (ML) is used to produce an LLM but an LLM is not the extent of what can be done with ML. AI is not chatbots on some corporations unregulated Data Center trained by nefarious methods. Contrary to popular belief. No, it does not take a data center to train a LLM, base training requires a lot of compute power but fine tuning it can be done at home with a rather modest data science rig, using no more power than a gaming computer. LLMs are not typically built on others Intellectual Property this is an attribute to how unregulated corporation train their LLMs not most data scientists. The whole topic is very skewed. What those AI Data Centers are for is to provide a service, to monetize AI, for the general public and corporations. They are not necessary to train AI nor to implement it. And training smaller traditional ML architectures can be done exclusively on local science data rigs.
I am against unregulated corporation doing whatever they please. I am against the way AI Data Centers are being developed with no concern for the environment. I am a humanitarian I am against pretty much anything that is a negative impact on humanity. I am not against AI or ML or LLMs. They are just tools that can be very useful to a data scientist or even the layperson providing they know something about what they are researching in order to vet the information they get.
It seems like everyone has forgotten all the bad advice given by obscure websites and the peer ask and answer sites that excel in being rude but often produce unreliable results even more so than AI. Because people associate LLMs with the behavior of unregulated corporations they do not like LLMs despite the fact that they have no idea what an LLM is. They just know they hate how corporation are monetizing them. I guess it has not occurred to them to address the actual problem and to push for regulations on the corporation in their demographic? Why address a problem by looking at the root of that problem when we can just use derogatory slurs about something we have no idea what it even is? Yes, I was being sarcastic as well as passive aggressive, my apologies.
We have real concerns with how unregulated corporations are destroying the environment. That has to be addressed. Yet, AI would still be in heavy use even if there were no AI data centers at all. The difference is that it would only be available to people like me with the knowledge of how to build a data science rig and implement the technology stack. The general public would be left out. So you decide, do you want to be left out? Great that is easy just do not use AI. If you do enjoy the benefits of this tool then do the ethical thing and push for regulations on corporations in their development of AI data centers. Enough said.
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A well-known extortion group says it broke into Federal Bureau of Investigation systems and walked away with personal data on nearly every agent, employee and job applicant in the bureau’s history. The claim, first reported by 404 Media on September 22, 2026, comes from ShinyHunters, the same hacking collective behind a string of Oracle-linked breaches this year. The FBI has confirmed it is investigating, but as of September 24, 2026, no government agency has verified the full scope of what the group is claiming.
On September 22, 2026, ShinyHunters claimed it breached the FBI by exploiting a zero-day in Oracle PeopleSoft on FBIJobs.gov, then laterally moved into HR, Criminal Justice, and Medlink systems. It claims to have stolen 2–3 TB of data on "almost all" FBI agents and job applicants, including names, home addresses, SSNs, and medical records.
The FBI confirmed it is investigating unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.gov but has not verified the full scope of the claim as of September 24.
Reuters partially verified a 5,000-record sample by cross-checking SSNs against credit bureau records.
Notably, ShinyHunters says the breach was not financially motivated it's demanding the FBI retract a May 2026 advisory it considers "false allegations," giving the bureau one week to comply.
axios.com/2026/09/22/shinyhunt…
tech-insider.org/shinyhunters-…
inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=KN15x2z…
inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=O00LWy2…
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One has to wonder how many new makers gave up because the instructions said "needle nose" pliers, so they ordered them, never realizing that sites like Amazon and TEMU have decided to label all fine-tipped flat and chain-nose pliers "needle-nose", while calling needle-nose pliers "Round Nose".
Words have meanings , folks!
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Yes, I posted when this happened. It was a database issue that I have resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience. As stated, the issues have been resolved at this point.
When I was updating the Instance to the latest version of Friendica I noticed that the Instance kept crashing due to corruption in the database. While working this out I lost the text (the actual content of the posts) to the previous posts, but no user accounts were lost. Pictures still show up as they are not stored in the database. Let me know anytime that you have an issue. I will do what I can to resolve it.
I did not delete the posts though they do look rather odd. I left that up to the individual user if they wanted update them or delete them.
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Well, it has been a week since there have been any sign of a slowdown or issue with the Instance. I am going to say that converting to the systemd unit for bin/daemon and the follow up configuration changes has been successful . It is nice to see everything running so smoothly.
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#Fediverse #Rogue Project Friendica #Configuration Updates #Smooth Sailing
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In this video, I break down the 5 things I wish I knew when starting carnivore. ~ Max German
It Took Me 3 Years on Carnivore to Realize What I'll Tell You in 15 Minutes
It Took Me 3 Years on Carnivore to Realize What I'll Tell You in 15 Minutes
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I have to go get some more rack bro, I only woke up because I forgot to turn the AC back on and was sweating to death in this oven .
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Cardiologist Dr. Jami Dulaney spent years eating and teaching a whole-food plant-based diet. Then insulin resistance in her own body, years of following patients, and a fresh look at the evidence caused her to reconsider what she believed about meat, eggs, saturated fat, carbohydrates, LDL cholesterol, and metabolic health.
Vegan Cardiologist Goes Carnivore! with Dr. Jami Dulaney
Vegan Cardiologist Goes Carnivore! with Dr. Jami Dulaney
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Most people think open source just means “free software.”
That’s completely wrong.
Why Every Tech Company That Survives Goes Open Source
Why Every Tech Company That Survives Goes Open Source
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#FOSS #Open Source #Linux #GNU #GNU Linux
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35 years ago, Linus Torvalds posted a message about a small, experimental operating system he was building in Finland. He had no idea it would become one of the most important pieces of software infrastructure in the world.
How Linux Took Over the World: 35 Years in 35 Facts
How Linux Took Over the World: 35 Years in 35 Facts
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Today I went over my moderation reports as I do each day that I login to the Instance. Yet again, to find that someone had reported someone else for expressing a different political view than they have. Folks, I am not here to advocate a specific position on a political discussion. That is what the ignore and block features are for. If the user is not being rude or disruptive then it simply is not my business to intervene. My own views are irrelevant. As long as the post or comment is in accordance to the TOS and Rules of Rogue Project's Friendica Instance then I will not moderate a specific user's political views over another user's views. Thanks for your understanding in this situation.
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Okay, the Instance has been very well behaved recently. Though I have noticed that there were slow downs even when the server was not under much of a load. I have revisited my PHP-FPM & PHP configuration.
I was using the CRON based invocation approach with bin/worker.php. That proved to have many issues. So I adopted the systemd invocation approach with bin/daemon.php. It has been working far better with less complications though still there was a slow down issue that should not be happening with the resources available.
As stated, I went over my configuration and found issues with settings that worked well with the CRON invocation approach but was a major bottleneck with the systemd invocation approach. I have optimized the settings and now the slowdowns should be significantly reduced if not alleviated altogether.
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#Optimizations #Instance Performance #Rogue Project Friendica
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"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Bhagavad Gita 11:32, where Krishna (in his cosmic form) speaks to Arjuna on the battlefield.
श्रीभगवानुवाच
कालोऽस्मि लोकेक्षयकृतप्रवृद्धो लोकांसमाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः।
ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः॥
Real one is
"I am Time, the destroyer of worlds."
As the translation as "Death" was his teacher's rendering; the literal Sanskrit is kāla = Time. kālaḥ ~ Time , asmi ~ I am, loka-kṣaya-kṛt ~ destroyer of the worlds, pravṛddhaḥ ~ mighty, lokān samāhartum ~ to destroy the worlds, iha pravṛttaḥ ~ now engaged here, ṛte 'pi tvāṁ ~ even without you, na bhaviṣyanti sarve ~ all shall not survive, ye 'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ ~ the warriors arrayed in the opposing army.
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This is true, time will outlast us all. Though this is a perspective. As I do not really care about time. I care about now. Which is the only time I have.
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When will we learn that a big chunk of the people who enter police academies are there specifically because they want power over others?
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I feel safe. Do you feel safe? Of course you do...
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A Flock webinar teaches police how to surveil protests, fireworks shows, parades, bike races, and more.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
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I block or ignore about 5 to 6 Anti-AI advocates a day. They are a disease.
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I am a hyper carnivore so I do not eat fiber. This can be difficult on my microbiome. So I eat yogurt to keep my microbiome happy . I typically make my own Greek yogurt though my favorite store brand is always an acceptable standin. It must be made with whole milk as I do not eat any dairy products that are low or no fat. I add a teaspoon of instant coffee and a teaspoon of unsweetened baker's chocolate to my yogurt and sweeten it with a teaspoon of Stevia & Erythiritol extract. I typically also add a half teaspoon of bourbon vanilla. I also have a glass of GG Energy Acid Rain (peach) on the side which is a no-carb no-caffeine engery drink.
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Germans may need to brush up on their Sieg Heil salute. This setting is nearly identical to Hitlers 'Elbow Room' platform. It is scary how much it has in common, just substitute the Ukrainians for the Jews.
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I preferred notepad++ or using gedit or kate via mingw64 Though these days I suppose people could use WSL2 as it supports GUI applications as well.
I am completely MS/Windows free these days so it is not really an issue to me anymore. I know that some people, due to work, are force to still use that OS. I feel sorry for them. I dropped all support for all MS/Windows projects early this year as I now personally consider the entire OS spyware and unfit for use.
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I am a bit different than average. Okay, maybe that is to mild of a way of looking at it. In reality my focus is never on the metrics I observe others using. For instance, I do not care what your political views are or your pronouns, biases or what your other identifiers may be. What I focus on is how you behave despite how you would like the world to perceive you. I tend to always believe a person is of the best intentions until they give evidence otherwise. In short I am evidence driven rather than being dragged around by my emotions. Does that mean I do not have emotions? Of course not, it means that how I feel about what you said is far less likely to have an effect on my view of you than my evaluation of your intent.
It is all to easy for us to say 'I do not like labels.' and this may be true. It does not change the fact that labels is how the human brain tracks. We label everything. That is how we developed language in the first place. When I think about my own identity I am not focused on accidents of birth like my hair color, eye color, race, gender, nationality. I am more concerned about the attributes I play a role in. Such as humanity, apprecitation, awareness of my surroundings, awareness of now.
It is easy to define yourself by common labels such as Christian, Atheist, Muslim, CIS, Trans, etc. How important are these to your identity and why? When a person thinks of me I would far rather their first thought be 'He really cares' than 'He is a great Software Developer'. I really do not even care what pronouns they use as long as they are comfortable with them. To me if you confuse my identity I do not find that as a flaw in you. I find it a a flaw in me. How am I not representing my ideals? How can I more clearly reflect my ideals. If I have failed in this, it certainly is not your fault. Identity is a real issue these days. Though, the next time someone tries to set boundries ask yourself this. Are they building a privacy fence around their yard or are they building a fence around my yard? Respect the fence around their yard, do not accept their trying to control the way you think or express yourself. If a person offends you at the moment then do not dwell on that. Just move past that moment to now. If they tend to always be offensive toward you then move on in a way that seems most productive. These are ideals I live by not just talk about. Were most people tend to be very critical of others. I am most critical of myself. The reason is quite simple. I control my behavior not other people's. So I am only responsible for my behavior not theirs. It is about accountability. I am me, it would be very nice if you could be you. No one else has a right to impose on who you are. The good news is that they only can if you allow them to.
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This pie chart is relevant to Rogue Project's Friendica and its federation distribution. It does not reflect the entire Fediverse just the Instances this Instance federates with.
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Welcome to Rogue Project's Friendica!
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We do not have a lot of local traffic as we do not have a lot of users. As you add friends you will see a lot of activity in the Friends' Message which is the checkerboard icon on the left of the tool bar. For now Click the target icon, third from the left and then choose Global Community. There will be a lot more activity there.
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Friendica is also older than Mastodon. It has a lot more history. I do believe I have posted a Federation Chart of how well Rogue Project's Friendica is federating. Just scroll down the local feed.
I know everyone loves to doom scroll! 😈😅😆 Or you can find it here
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