Daily Tech News 28 May 2026

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Nvidia is planning to spend $150 billion a year in Taiwan. (Reuters)

That used to be a lot.
Anthropic and OpenAI have found a product-market fit. (Simon Willison)

What they have not found is anything resembling a path towards profitability.

Tech News

You wouldn't download a computer, would you? (Miniscript)

The MiniMicro is a virtual retrocomputer programmed in a rather simple and elegant language called Miniscript. And the whole thing runs run in your browser.
Another day, another CPanel plugin vulnerability. (Bleeping Computer)

Not CPanel itself this time; only the LiteSpeed web server plugin, which I don't run.
GitHub Actions not only went down, the outage left it telling users their accounts were suspended. (The Register)

Neat. Let's put all the worlds code there.
Beelink has launched three mini-PCs with Intel's Wildcat Lake low-end CPU. (Liliputing)

Indeed they've used the lowest of the low, the Core 3 304, which has one performance core and four efficiency cores, rather like Apple's MacBook Neo. But performance is passable if you're not trying to do anything demanding of the processor or the graphics - the 304 has half the graphics performance of all the other models in the family.

All three models include 10Gb Ethernet, which is an interesting improvement.
How to make the most of Claude Code before they jack up the prices or go spectacularly bankrupt. (GitHub)

One way or another.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Where did all you zombies come from?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:35 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 04:38 AM (6wpGE)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 28, 2026 04:39 AM (5UTWB)

3 I DEMAND A RECOUNT!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 28, 2026 04:39 AM (5UTWB)

4 A-run, run, run, run, runaway:

>>>And the whole thing runs run in your browser.

Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 04:40 AM (6wpGE)

5 3 I DEMAND A RECOUNT!!!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 28, 2026 04:39 AM (5UTWB)

snoozed, losed

Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)

6 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2026 04:41 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Pondering getting another GPS for truck. This Garmin with its fastest route only would increase my mileage by 1/4 to 1/3 every trip. I have 12 miles to go and it wants me to go 20 to supposedly save a couple minutes.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2026 04:45 AM (Ia/+0)

8 snoozed, losed

Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)
-

Shopped, dropped!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 28, 2026 04:47 AM (5UTWB)

9 The Hooters - All You Zombies

Catchy! Lotta smokin' goin' on.

Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)

10 Uh-oh, I think this might be an earworm.

Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 04:49 AM (6wpGE)

11 I think one or more of the Hooters also wrote Girls just want to have fun somg

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2026 04:59 AM (Ia/+0)

12 When I put

The Hooters - All You Zombies

into a google search bar, I was told that "People also ask ... Is there a longer version of 'All You Zombies'?"

Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

13 11 I think one or more of the Hooters also wrote Girls just want to have fun somg
Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2026 04:59 AM (Ia/+0)

Wikipedia says:

1983: Bazilian and Hyman were asked to write, arrange, and perform on the debut album of a relatively unknown singer named Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual, which was being produced by their former producer and friend, Rick Chertoff. Hyman co-wrote the song "Time After Time" (and also sang the lower harmony vocal in the choruses) ...

1993: their debut album for MCA Records, Out of Body ... "Boys Will Be Boys", a song featuring Cyndi Lauper

Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 05:06 AM (6wpGE)

14 Nice out
Have a great day horde
And have Cut Jib Speaks for the commute

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2026 05:10 AM (Ia/+0)

15
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 28, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)

16 9 The Hooters - All You Zombies

Catchy! Lotta smokin' goin' on.
Posted by: m at May 28, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)

It reminds me somehow of this surreal 1982 classic. I think elements of the tune (though this is a bit faster), some of the set design, and the general vibe:

Golden Earring - Twilight Zone (Official Music Video)
*NSFW* https://youtu.be/msg-inxE8NU *NSFW*

Posted by: SciVo at May 28, 2026 05:16 AM (Sy6m/)

17 Braaaaains!

*grabs coffee, quickly glugs down a bunch of it*

Please excuse me. I meant: G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 28, 2026 05:21 AM (O7YUW)

18 Good morning everyone. Driving to Virginia today, ugh. I’m very much looking forward to seeing family, dreading everything else. Have a pleasant day.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 28, 2026 05:28 AM (tbhdx)

19 Because I'm not a high tech person , Nvidia always sounds to me like a pharmaceutical product: "Try Nvidia today and experience relief from painful rashes."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2026 05:42 AM (PFs9e)

20 Greetings and good morning, everyone!

Fen, I read that article you posted yesterday from the Christian Post about the dreaded eeeeevil scourge of "Christian Nationalism." Personal opinion: The author couldn't find the point even if he had a Boy Scout showing him the way. He just knew it was bad because "reasons."

Love hearing "All You Zombies" but I still think "Johnny B" is a better song. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 05:44 AM (BpO1e)

21 Daily Romania

@daily_romania
EU regulator initiates process to ban right-wing EU party for failing to uphold "EU values"

The Europe of Sovereign Nations party was founded by Germany's AfD

Posted by: 13times at May 28, 2026 05:45 AM (fp1v/)

22 Good morning! Do you have to go near Swamp Gomorrah? I'd be worried of fireballs.

Posted by: SciVo at May 28, 2026 05:45 AM (Sy6m/)

23 Evening and morning for this Thor's Day, all!

Good morning! Do you have to go near Swamp Gomorrah? I'd be worried of fireballs.
Posted by: SciVo at May 28, 2026

SciVo, "Swamp Gomorrah" is a good name for Noo Awlins!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)

24 “ When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. ”

John 10:4

Posted by: Marcus T at May 28, 2026 05:54 AM (qTrmL)

25 Oh, I meant D.C., in reply to Rufus! A play on how it's sometimes called "Sodom on the Potomac." But I see it doesn't really narrow it down, these days, all things considered...

Posted by: SciVo at May 28, 2026 05:55 AM (Sy6m/)

26 Anyway! Here I is, sipping coffee, with enough sleep for once despite the efforts of a certain big black cat to wake me early. It's 80 nasty degrees outside, and I have to work out in it. The rain they've been threatening us with all week has not materialized the last two days -- not that it cools things much. The humidity, already vicious, gets even worse during and right after a rain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 05:56 AM (wzUl9)

27 @20/NR Pax: " but I still think "Johnny B" is a better song. -:-) "

Agreed, and I'd forgotten about that one - thank you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 28, 2026 05:56 AM (O7YUW)

28 Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 05:44 AM (BpO1e

Thanks for taking the time to read the article.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2026 05:56 AM (ix8EF)

29 @25/SciVo: Have also heard it called "Mordor on the Potomac".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 28, 2026 05:57 AM (O7YUW)

30 It reminds me somehow of this surreal 1982 classic.

Another man of culture on this smart military blog. Life is good.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 05:58 AM (BpO1e)

31 @25: Posted by: SciVo at May 28, 2026 05:55 AM (Sy6m
****
Nope, NoVA, which is bad enough for me.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 28, 2026 06:03 AM (J0RzC)

32 Thanks for taking the time to read the article.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Going to be honest: The article annoyed me a bit and not just because the author struggled to make a coherent argument.

Agreed, and I'd forgotten about that one - thank you.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Yeah...that song was part of the soundtrack during some bad things a few friends were going through. We got better though. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 06:05 AM (BpO1e)

33 In case you hadn't heard: The seller accepted my offer for the house in Indiana. Now I have to arrange for the inspection and a slew of other things that I've never done before. Of course I'm nervous. I haven't moved in over twenty years, for one thing; never bought a house, for another; never lived in that area of the country (though my scouting last Sept. showed me that it, and the people, are nice).

Encouraging, though, is that my new town is at 63 F. right now (6 am their time), high expected of 85, low tonight of 57 (!). I can imagine in spring and fall cracking the windows, turning on the ceiling fan, turning off the A/C, and still being comfortable sleeping at night. Sounds like a dream. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

34 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9

Congratulations!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2026 06:06 AM (ix8EF)

35 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 28, 2026 06:07 AM (2Ez/1)

36 Posted by: NR Pax at May 28, 2026 06:05 AM (BpO1e)

That's o.k. It wasn't intended to annoy anyone ( I can do that all on my own here 😉

Just something to think about . If you care to, how would you explain. The term.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 28, 2026 06:08 AM (ix8EF)

37 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 28, 2026 06:09 AM (Hbeqj)

38 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 28, 2026 06:10 AM (VyBeY)

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