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We give a report of our experiences at the 23rd version of the Southern California Linux Expo (Scale 23x) in Pasadena.  Erik was a volunteer in the network group this year, so we have some behind the scenes stories in addition to summaries of interesting talks and sessions.
Scale conf
Scale-network repo
Erik Reinert’s Youtube Channel
Docket
BMO and  bmo-agent-setup
Cline injection attack Adnan Khan
Douglas Comer - Wikipedia
EDB Postgres
Advent of Computing Podcast

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In this episode we're joined again by Amy Salley, cohost of the Hugo, Girl! podcast, to help us discuss the Murderbot series of books by Martha Wells.  We discuss our favorite characters and plots, but also how these books touch on AI, consciousness, and neurodivergence.   

Galaxy’s Edge Interviews Martha Wells | Author Interview | Sci Fi Blog
I didn’t know how non-neurotypical I was until Murderbot
We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Author Martha Wells | Scientific American
Martha Wells' next 'Murderbot Diaries' book is 'the family roadtrip from hell on Ringworld' (interview) | Space

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This episode we look into the history of the web server NGINX and of web servers more generally.  We play myth buster and try to investigate the widespread story that NGINX arose from a need to scale porn sites.
Igor Sysoev - Wikipedia
Free Software Interview with Sysoev
History of Apache
How Sysoev Ended Up at Rambler

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Does anyone program just for fun anymore?  This episode we're talking about recreational programming, with a focus on A.K. Dewdney's Computer Recreations column from the 1980s.  Also, taco shops.

https://cs.stanford.edu/~knuth/recreational-cs.pdf
FUN 2026
The New Turing Omnibus

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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Scheme, we decided to talk about functional programming: what it is, how's it going these days, and does it still matter in the era of AI.  Although there's been 70 years of research into FP it still hasn't become mainstream.  Will AI reverse or accelerate that trend?
TIOBE Index
The Next 700 Programming Languages
An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus

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