h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

"611.9 MiB of database against 644.4 MiB of ELF files. The whole userland, as one queryable file, is _smaller_ than the files it came from. The b-tree cost that doubled a single `hello` amortises to nearly nothing across 1,123 objects and is roughly 6% over the actual program bytes."

From "Your executable is a SQLite database:" https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/23/your-executable-is-a-sqlite-database

A very few more tickets became available for the 26th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony (which will happen on Thursday, September 3, in #Zurich, Switzerland). Grab ‘em while you can. #IgNobel https://eventfrog.ch/de/p/wissenschaft-und-technik/the-36th-first-annual-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-7446575553581194400.html

harden your system against LLM-driven remote attackers by adding the following to your .profile:

PS1='C:\>'

🫈JUST LAUNCHED🦕
If you’re into weird creatures and word puzzles then we have the PERFECT thing for you
https://vole.wtf/cryptic-cryptid-crossword/

When I talked about post boxes at #SotM 2019 in Heidelberg (https://media.ccc.de/v/sotm2019-2488-lightning-talks-vii#t=427) I didnt have time to mention plaques on post boxes.

I've just come across a charming example at Knockdrome, Jura in Scotland: a plaque dedicated to a Starling which raised several clutches of young in the hamlet's post box.

I've updated #OpenStreetMap accordingly https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1800549257/history

Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin.

if you still needed a reason to switch to the fox, here you have it 😉

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3212428/firefox-is-now-the-last-major-browser-that-still-supports-ublock-origin.html

#firefox #uBlockOrigin #technology #browser

All the concerns that make me a boring civil servant

https://www.johnpe.art/2026/08/17/all-the-concerns-that-make-me-a-boring-civil-servant/

#blogging #policy #CivilService

The UK Web Archive has deleted ~50% of their published git repositories. This is not a joke, but I am laughing.

↔️ NEW THING ↕️
See a different Wikipedia article for every browser width × height combo, with over 7.2 million possible results! https://vole.wtf/widthipedia/

I am once again backing up part of the government due to whispers letting me know that someone made another stupid decision

Cloudflare (>20% of all domains) has started automatically implementing DSM Dir art 4 rights reservation (ie copyright/TDM objection to scraping) for all sites that do not have a robots.txt file. They also adding purpose fields (new content-signal field with search, AI train, AI use) to robots.txt unilaterally and are enforcing it through monitoring and analysis. https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/managed-robots-txt/

The following is a valid DOS COM executable that prints "HELLO" in the lower right corner of the screen.

You can copy these emoji into a text editor, and save it as EMOJI.COM. it should be 141 bytes.

It will run in DosBox-X, with the following options:

cpu cputype=8086
machine cga

🐸☺️🐰🐎♐🗃️🧯🧯🧯🐮💗🦮🪏♐🐰🐹🗃️🧯🧯🧯🧯💗🪗🧯😗🧮🫪😗🧮😗🐮😪😔⭐

may god have mercy on my soul.

Happy birthday to us!
7 years ago today the nonsense that is https://vole.wtf went live

Very cool.
https://www.andrewt.net/dithered-qr-codes/ @andrewt

🗺️ ‘What Do they Talk About.’

A #Map based guide to conversational gambits in 1951 #Britain.

#FestivalOfBritain

Our new Amsterdam servers are live. The EU can now be the primary home for Fastmail data, and like our US locations, it's our own hardware, racked and run by our own people. Nothing rented from a big cloud provider.

Already a customer? Switch regions in your settings. Thinking about it? You choose your region at signup.

Our CEO Bron's post walks through exactly what lives where, because we figure you'd read the fine print anyway.

https://www.fastmail.com/blog/fastmail-offers-eu-data-region

#Fastmail #Email

The unique (and quirky!) magnificence of Jean Berko Gleason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5afexlm2o7E