Kristof Provost @kp@bsd.network

More 502 preventing me doing #FreeBSD stuff due to #LLM scraper abuse. This pillaging of the commons means LLMs are *not* neutral tech! So burn it down with 🔥

The mighty hunter brings a gift

Look folks the genie is out of the bottle. The genie went from $20/mo to $200/mo. The genie is spending $8 for every dollar it makes. The genie is reactivating every coal power plant it can. The genie needs 60% of your town's water. The genie is hiding $1.65 trillion in debt. But it's out of the bottle! The genie is out of the bottle folks.

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
An Introduction to the Kernel Services and I/O System of the FreeBSD Open-Source Operating System https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/EYQSJR/
Tutorial Full Day by Kirk McKusick
2026-09-11 10:30:00
To register: https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
About EuroBSDcon 2026: https://2026.eurobsdcon.org
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #brussels #bruxelles #freesoftware #libresoftware

Hi, I’m a seasoned engineer with 25 years of experience. I’ve got experience in data engineering with high volumes of data, some ML, lots of AWS and IaC,some security.
I’m used to managing and communicating choices and trade offs to implement customer focused solutions, and running them in production.
(FWIW I also sew and grow vegetables)

I’d like to work for a company looking to make a positive environmental impact on the world.

Based around Bath/Bristol or remote #fedihired #mastohire

📢 EuroBSDCon2026: The Schedule is Here! 😈⛳️🐡

The schedule is now published!!
You can find it at: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/schedule/

Grab your tickets 🎟️ at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/

For everything else, peek at https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/
More information is added all the time.

EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
September 09-13, 2026

#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #BSD #Conference #Register

I have, after two years, allowed myself to talk about my experiences with AI madness again, this time with the benefit of speaking to people all around the world, including Fortune 500 executives. This one is on my regular blog for casual readers, and cross-posted to the company blog if you need to share this with someone and have it look official.

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decision-making/

https://hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decisionmaking

“Very few companies are so good at shipping software that they can afford the extra risk profile.” (of #AI)

From:

https://hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decisionmaking

On 10 March 2021, I had only just fallen asleep when my phone started buzzing. Then another notification, and another. In a matter of minutes, 142 of my servers went up in the clouds. And not the cloud-computing kind.

Most of them were physically going up in a column of smoke in Strasbourg.

My wife looked at me and asked if I wanted a coffee. I nodded. It was going to be a very long day.

At EuroBSDCon 2026, I won't be giving a theoretical lecture on high availability. Instead, I’m going to tell the raw story of that night: the emergency recovery, the architectural choices that actually saved us, and the ones that crumbled under pressure (because we rarely talk about what fails).

Most of all, I’ll explain why that night changed my perspective, and why I’ve come to see BSD systems not just as operating systems, but as essential, practical tools for building simpler, more resilient infrastructure.

The official schedule is now live. If you want to hear a real-world post-mortem, join me on Saturday, 12 Sept at 11:15 (Room D.0.02).

EuroBSDCon Full schedule: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/schedule/
See you there! ☕️

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD #EuroBSDCon #SysAdmin #SelfHosted #IT #EuroBSDCon2026 #BSDCon

The EuroBSDcon 2026 program is published: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/schedule/

See https://2026.eurobsdcon.org for more info

To register https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/

@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #netbsd #freebsd #openbsd #conference #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

This Wednesday is the "EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis"

10,000 more people in Europe have just been added to that sad toll

European governments and the EU are still not doing enough to slow the climate crisis, or to protect vulnerable people from the disasters already coming

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/europe-recorded-10000-excess-deaths-during-late-june-heatwave-data-show-2026-07-12/

❤️

Tips for ethical AI use:

1. Don't

The #exim project got it right (emphasis mine):

https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20260702.154351.3598aba6.en.html

Reports we believe are LLM generated will either be rejected outright or if thought to be plausible will be credited to the unnamed and uncredited authors whose works were ingested as the training corpus.

De krant (en/of de regering?) rekent zich weer rijk.

Als de "managementvennootschappen" (een zeer vaag concept, waar ze blijkbaar alle freelancers mee onder groeperen) geviseerd gaan worden en belast zouden worden als loon, dan zijn er twee opties:

1. de prijzen gaan omhoog om het inkomenverlies te compenseren;

2. we gaan in loondienst aan een veel lager loon en de staat verliest inkomsten, want niemand betaalt personeel zoveel als ze freelancers betalen.

https://www.tijd.be/dossiers/de-miljardenjacht-van-de-wever/hoe-groot-is-het-lek-van-managementvennootschappen-en-flexi-jobs/10677332.html

Merci De Ridder. Nog minder openbaar vervoer. Dit beleid duwt iedereen de auto in. Stop met het kapot maken van de Lijn. Meer OV, niet minder. We moeten dringend minder CO2 uitstoten, meer groen planten, fietspaden verbeteren, voetgangers plaats geven. Maar met dit beleid is er enkel plaats voor de auto. Dikke buis!
De Lijn schrapt 40 buslijnen vanaf 1 juli: wat verandert er precies in jouw regio?
https://vrtnws.be/p.lOqR0Oxqq