Friday, April 24
Daily News Stuff 24 April 2026
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- The French government agency that manages national IDs, passports, and immigration documents was hacked because of course it was. (Tech Crunch)
You can't paint a bigger target on your back than that, really.
ANTS - the agency is really called that - wouldn't say how many people were affected by the breach, but a hacker is suddenly offering an ANTS database with 19 million records for sale, so at a guess, around 19 million.
- The command line tool for the Bitwarden password manager was compromised. (Socket)
So. Turns out maybe you can paint a bigger target on your back than just being a national identity register.
Tech News
- The cloud sucks, so I am building a cloud. (Crawshaw)
Because AI, which also sucks:Agents help to some degree. If you trust them with your credentials they will do a great job driving the AWS API for you (though occasionally it will delete your production DB).
I wish him luck. He is at least not a complete idiot.
- Ubuntu 26.04 is here. (LWN)
Don't look at me, I voted for Devuan.
- An Alberta startup is selling no-tech tractors for half the price of the regular stuff. (Wheelfront)
With reconditioned engines, yes, but when they say no-tech they mean no-tech - not even electronic fuel injection.
- Meet Noscroll, Douglas Adams' Electric Monk. (Tech Crunch)
The Electric Monk - from the first Dirk Gently novel - was a device invented to watch television so you didn't have to.
It was intended as satire.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Roses are grey, violets are grey, I'm not colourblind it's just that kind of day.
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"Intended" No matter how clearly you telegraph it, someone will think you were serious.
Posted by: normal at Friday, April 24 2026 09:43 PM (LADmw)
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normal is correct. I'm finding myself interested in trying to find a job at Ursa Ag, but the problem is that they are Canadian, and that I have skills that are entirely useless for them.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Friday, April 24 2026 10:32 PM (s6adZ)
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The real news is that this talks about two start ups with the same basic idea, bucking common sense to rebuild an important technology for fewer pain points. This maybe tells us that insane consensus has reached that point of being more broadly and generally understood.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Friday, April 24 2026 11:06 PM (s6adZ)
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Imagine what the no tech tractors will be worth if we are hit with a Carrington event, which fries all of our electronics.
Posted by: Joe Redfield at Saturday, April 25 2026 03:28 AM (KOtXO)
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We don't need a carrington event to destroy everything. As the old joke went:
"What did socialists use for lighting before candles?"
Electricity!
"What did socialists use for lighting before candles?"
Electricity!
Posted by: normal at Saturday, April 25 2026 07:05 AM (LDKo5)
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