Automake 1.20 Brings New Features, Desires To Re-Establish GNU As Leading Build System

Out today is GNU Automake 1.20 with the new --enable-jobserver option and opting for GPLv3+ licensing...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Automake-1.20

Owning a 3D printer: instead of spending €10 on Amazon on a replacement part for a heater’s draw-string, I spent €0.04 instead to print one out 👌

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@dysfun i recall you evaluating tls.zig some time ago, what was the verdict?

#Oops. It seems that something was wrong withy my .se domain. My hosting provider warned me about some inconsistencies between whois and dns. He was able to fix it after we found out what the problem was and I gave him the missing ID number needed. I took the opportunity to setup a landing page and get the letsencrypt certificates so it is now A-OK :)

#SysAdminLife

It's okay to say no.

Stephen Miller gives Nazi-style speech pledge to Trump

"I swear to you, and I pledge to you, Mr. President, my absolute loyalty, my unwavering commitment, and my total devotion to your success ..." - Stephen Miller after being appointed Chief of Staff

More invisible mountains and things

And it's also available on YouTube. Look at that smiling guy in the thumbnail. He looks so happy to be doing a podcast!

https://youtu.be/N4wNMQjVHYE

Reading the discourse after the U.S. midterms about whether to move on or to have rule of law apply to political elites makes me think of https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nixon-prolonged-vietnam-war-for-political-gainand-johnson-knew-about-it-newly-unclassified-tapes-suggest-3595441/ .

Before there was the decision whether to pardon Nixon after Watergate, a decision had already been made to classify information about instead of prosecuting candidate Nixon for sabotaging U.S. foreign policy to prolong the war in Vietnam so that he could win the election by opposing the war. Not a healthy precedent.

In my experience, Apple Watch’s decibel warning works in exactly two scenarios only:

1. At an EDM concert
2. Drying your hands under a hand dryer

Saturday :bunhdheart:

📈 “No on Schumer and Jeffries for congressional leadership” hit 25 signers! https://resist.bot/petitions/PHGHIX?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=PHGHIX

Janeese Lewis George is part of a new class of socialist mayors. Unlike her peers, she’ll be running a city under federal rule. https://theintercept.com/2026/11/07/janeese-lewis-george-dsa-dc-mayor

I had a lot of fun chatting with @Wilto about consuming vs learning how to build, and the lack of time to be bored. Come for the leaf peeper education, stay for the “JavaScript”? https://daily.chrisenns.com/s2/338

I’m publishing a podcast episode a day for a year, day 80, Nov 7, 2026 edition.

Still going

Democrat ⭐️Scott Colom ⭐️is on the verge of winning a Senate seat in Mississippi in a stunning upset,

but ballots are still being counted in a close race where Colom holds a lead of just under 2,000 votes over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.

🆘 A possible legal fight is also brewing, as both sides trade sharp legal letters about the procedures for counting remaining ballots.
National voting groups and attorneys have descended upon the magnolia state,
joining the local groups that worked to mobilize voters.
Democratic and Republican groups, including Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and Democratic election attorneys from the Elias Law Group,
have deployed hundreds of volunteers and lawyers to all the state’s 82 counties to oversee the final rounds of counting.

In Mississippi, voters who cast affidavit ballots on election day because they don’t have photo IDs
👉have five business days to visit their local circuit clerk’s office to present an acceptable photo ID, or sign a religious objection affidavit.
💥They have until 10 November to do so, which is also the last day for mail-in ballots to arrive and be counted.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/06/mississippi-senate-race-vote-counting-lawyers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Ventnor is having some weather right now

One of the most enjoyable things I have ever read.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/2026-midterms-biggest-losers

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