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• We’re going to need to invent some stronger ones, I’m afraid

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• No, that would be Azure Linux

  on As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• Very basically, what’s happening is that every file that is read (including the binaries and libraries that make up the services you run, etc) is loaded into memory and stays there until that memory needs to be reclaimed for something else. It’s a good thing. It means that the next time that file is needed, it can be accessed directly in RAM rather than reaching out to the filesystem.

  on Why is my home server using so much RAM for cache + buffer? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026

• These day’s I’d be more worried that I’d be taken to some malware infested lookalike.

  on Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment: “Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was.” in c/technology@lemmy.world · 13 Aug 2026

• Yeah, I used to type “putty download”, click “I’m feeling lucky”, and go.

  It worked 100% of the time. I wouldn’t try it these days, even if I needed putty.

  on Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment: “Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was.” in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026

• Yahoo Japan is actually a completely separate company.

  Yahoo itself is still extremely popular in the US, just with a different demographic than we (the sort of people on the fediverse) regularly interact with. Their sports, finance, and news sites are some of the most popular on the internet. I don’t think it’s particularly relevant in the web search space these days though, and hasn’t been for a long time.

  I think we don’t hear much about it because it has found a niche and is staying within it. It’s profitable, but not on an “infinite growth forever” trajectory so it rarely makes the news. Honestly kind of respectable.

  on Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment: “Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was.” in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026

• That’s overstating it. There’s a reason Google took over: it was better pretty much all around. The original Google algorithm was a really amazing tool for finding quality content on the web as it existed in those days. That was before SEO drove all these focused efforts on gaming the system.

  With that said, Alta Vista definitely was the most promising tool before Google, and it had some potential if it hadn’t been so poorly managed by DEC. They simply saw it as a cool demo for their Alpha server platform, and never had any vision for it as a meaningful product on its own.

  on Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment: “Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was.” in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026

• Something that clearly doesn’t resonate with mainstream social media users at all.

  on Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app: 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down 27.2% year-over-year. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026

• I’ve actually seen quite a few people and organizations moving back to Twitter. While these are just a few anecdotes, I suspects there’s a trend. I can’t explain it.

  on Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app: 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down 27.2% year-over-year. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026