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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · 2d ago

I can't remember who I learned this from but blocking Claude on GitHub gives this handy warning for projects to avoid.

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · 3d ago

I could use AI to edit my podcasts. As well as the ethics, the reason I don't is because it wouldn't save me any time. I'd still have to go through and check everything, and fix the small mistakes it made.

People who say AI saves them time at work (coding for example) must not be thoroughly checking the output and fixing the small mistakes. Or maybe I'm missing something here. 🤷‍♂️

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Mar 06, 2026

If Epstein was still alive he would be

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Mar 06, 2026

It is with great reluctance that I admit that @felimwhiteley@mastodon.social was right. About pretty much everything. (except Xfce which is still great)

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Mar 05, 2026

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Mar 02, 2026

You can't just name a weight loss drug after a clown distro and expect me to take it seriously.

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Mar 01, 2026

Seemingly always relevant.

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@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Feb 28, 2026

Well this song will be stuck in my head for a while then.

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@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

RE: @postmarketOS@social.treehouse.systems

Love to see it.

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@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Feb 22, 2026

"not all software written with AI assistance is vibe slop" has a very similar feel to "not everyone who voted for brexit is racist".

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026

What am I even doing with my Saturday

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@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026

RE: @tante@tldr.nettime.org

Live long enough to see yourself become the villain etc. Very disappointing.

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Feb 12, 2026

Part of your skeleton you clean most often

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Feb 09, 2026

An alarming and growing number of leaders in open source are starting to embrace generative AI and "agents" etc. We need to push back and let them know that we as a FOSS community do not want this. We must all do our duty to say no to this unethical technology.

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Feb 05, 2026

It's almost time for us to record another Ask The Hosts episode so reply to this with your questions! Remember they can be about anything except Linux and open source. We always like the philosophical ones.

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Jan 31, 2026

Americans will use literally anything but the metric system.

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Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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Joe Ressington

@joeress@mastodon.social

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https:// latenightlinux.com/about/ @ latenightlinux I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷‍♂️

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@joeress@mastodon.social · Jan 28, 2026

I don't know who needs to hear this but open source maintainers leaving X11 behind and focusing solely on Wayland isn't some conspiracy. It's a case of focusing limited resources on what makes sense to them. Supporting old code and maintaining backwards compatibility can be great, but often hard choices have to be made when it comes to what individuals and companies have the time and energy to work on. It sucks if you get left behind but open source owes you nothing unless you're paying for it

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