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Updates on GoComics and ComicStripBrowser

May 5, 2026 Updates on GoComics and ComicStripBrowser2026-05-05T01:42:17+01:00 No Comment apps, comics, Linux, PyQt6, tips, Win11

① On browsing GoComics.com: Bypassing GoComics’ paywall has been updated with uBlock Origin filters that currently manage to bypass the paywall in Firefox, even under Android! I'll copy here the…

Free AI coding agents are becoming scarce

April 21, 2026 Free AI coding agents are becoming scarce2026-05-01T21:17:41+01:00 8 Comments AI, bugs, Claude, Copilot, Dedoimedo, DeepSeek, Dumbo, Gemini, GLM, GNOME, Google, Grok, idiocy, Kimi, Linux, NTFS, PyQt6, python, Qwen, Ubuntu

Once again, I had this post in drafts for a week! It's time to put it in a readable form. ① Artificial Idiocy at work?② Interlude #1: No Gemma, no…

ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!

April 14, 2026 ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!2026-05-05T01:21:50+01:00 2 Comments apps, comics, Linux, PyQt6, python, Qwen, SPECIAL, vibecoding, Win11

It all started with a vibe-coded PyQt6 app that refused to build or to run under Windows, but it worked satisfactorily under Linux. It navigated in the archives of 15…

The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!

July 25, 2025 The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!2025-09-27T23:48:06+01:00 8 Comments AI, apps, bugs, Claude, comics, Kiro, Linux, longread, PyQt6, python, SPECIAL, tips, vibecoding

The recently released Amazon Kiro, even if it's just a preview, is the latest shit in AI-assisted software development. I happened to download it while it was still possible (now…

Béranger on Some changes in Gemini AI: “Update 4: From the atrocious hysteria on Reddit, a selection of 10 more threads.” May 20, 22:43
sofleet on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “early days of the band: My new band!!!!!!” May 20, 02:58
sofleet on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Private gig by the band that probably covered the cost of Jake’s and Evan’s tickets (lot of background noise): LIVE…” May 20, 02:35
Béranger on Some changes in Gemini AI: “I made some updates.” May 19, 20:31
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Debian’s CVE-2026-46300 tracker still considers that the kernel 7.0.7-1 in sid and forky does not fix Fragnesia. They should pull…” May 18, 13:53
Béranger on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “Are you really, really, really sure about that? I thought it’s always installed, and the question is about enabling it.” May 18, 10:03
not me on Is Debian the Answer?: “Devuan also has a rolling release mode, it’s called Ceres. You’ll have to pay attention whenever you’re updating it, new…” May 18, 06:16
not me on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “Devuan Excalibur netinstall iso asked me if I wanted AppArmor or not.” May 18, 06:02
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Update: Remapping the Copilot key under XFCE.” May 17, 22:38
Béranger on Today, I visited China (online): ““GuYi Alone” added some more videos, such as this one: China’s Unspoken Social Rules | I Got FIRED Within One…” May 17, 19:26
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Kernel 7.0.8 and the LTS kernels fix the ssh-keysign-pwn vulnerability (CVE-2026-46333). In Debian, Daniel Baumann cherry-picked this patch, so Debian’s…” May 16, 22:36
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Retards can claim whatever they want, but Debian’s CVE-2026-46300 page asserts that kernel 7.0.7 (currently in Sid but not in…” May 16, 16:18
Béranger on Fedora Linux just rejected the idea of an LTS kernel!: “Everyone’s obsession with Btrfs is insane! Even without a copy-on-write filesystem, there’s a write amplification issue with SSDs, so Btrfs…” May 15, 21:44
B. Stack on Fedora Linux just rejected the idea of an LTS kernel!: “Thanks for summarizing that. I always enjoy reading through the proposed and accepted changes in Fedora, and I guess I…” May 15, 20:23
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “💥 Michael Yingling’s Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine is no more.” May 15, 00:35
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “I just noticed that Arch Linux has become a joke lately. Only the original Copy Fail CVE is tracked on…” May 15, 00:21
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “Jesus, I didn’t know that Hope had her own YT channel, @HopeLeadSinger! Nov 1, 2025: “Throne” by Hope Gerson |…” May 14, 22:32
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Update to Vinyl vs. Gapless: Tambourine Music Player is another Flatpak that runs perfectly. But the window cannot be maximized…” May 14, 21:30
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Fragnesia: obviously, not fixed in Debian: CVE-2026-46300. However, AlmaLinux has some Patched kernels available in testing. While kernel 7.0.7 is…” May 14, 17:35
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Is this federal jurisdiction? 😉” May 14, 01:21
David on Is Debian the Answer?: “I always hated that phrasing, “users… must upgrade.” What are they going to do, call the FBI on us if…” May 14, 01:16
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Apparently, Debian was optimistic when it declared CVE-2026-43500 fixed in their kernels 5.10.251-4, 6.1.170-3, 6.12.86-1, and 7.0.4-1. I’ve read somewhere…” May 14, 00:14
Béranger on Who isn’t on the Big Bad Web?: “A quick note about the link 2E, which is a blog post about syncing the tiny e-reader Xteink X4. It…” May 13, 23:26
Béranger on Google Play Store is committing highway robbery and should be shut down!: “Miracles happen! My complaint was made on November 24, 2025. After the update from Jan. 19, 2026, Random House K.W.…” May 13, 22:12
Béranger on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Yeah. I don’t care about their theming and I dislike the top panel (which I move to the bottom), but…” May 13, 17:39
HAL on Small polish touches to Debian 13 installed via Xebian: “Cool. Xebian isn’t very well known to begin with, but almost no one seems to know that there’s a Stable…” May 13, 17:35
Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “The EU will become more like Russia and worse than China: EU Calls VPNs a ‘Loophole’ that ‘Needs Closing’ in…” May 13, 15:58
Béranger on I never saw anything as stupid as Git (and GitHub): “Why is your GitHub moniker “xiaoxiae”? – Xiao Xiao is not “xiao xiae”! – xiǎoxiě (小写) is “lowercase”: did you…” May 13, 14:06
Tom on I never saw anything as stupid as Git (and GitHub): “Never in my years on this earth have I seen a more carefully crafted ragebait. 10/10.” May 13, 07:36
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Nope. And I know about the DPL. You are aware that Devuan could not exist without Debian, right?” May 10, 21:08
Fried Rice Eater on Is Debian the Answer?: “Is Debian the answer? No, no it is not. They just elected a female DEI hire from India who says…” May 10, 21:06
sofleet on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “In a different YT video (by a fan) I noticed the following comments from the band (which confirms what has…” May 10, 20:16
Reverie72 on Is Debian the Answer?: “GNOME and KDE are only good on machines with 8 GB of RAM or more. For machines with less than…” May 10, 13:53
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “the automatic handling and recall of external display positions and resolutions. I am that much of a Luddite that I…” May 10, 12:46
Cozy on Is Debian the Answer?: ““why bother with something more complex?” I can’t argue with that! XFCE is what I originally used, but was also…” May 10, 02:54
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Oh, so you’re back on Debian. Firefox as a Flatpak is a bad idea. This time, I even intend to…” May 10, 00:47
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “I didn’t, but as long as XFCE runs just fine under Debian 13 (including Bluetooth), why bother with something more…” May 10, 00:19
Cozy on Is Debian the Answer?: “Have you tried KDE Plasma on Debian 13? I’ve been running that for a while now and so far it’s…” May 10, 00:16
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Mission fucking accomplished. Including blueman ttf-mscorefonts-installer libavcodec-extra gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-vaapi libdvdcss2 libdvdnav4 libdvdread8 ffmpeg yt-dlp youtubedl-gui nala fortune fsearch…” May 9, 21:56
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Absolutely. I’m usually overcritical. Grumpy-level, angry-level critical. Dedoimedo had some rather severe issues with Kubuntu 22.04 and 24.04, and he’s…” May 9, 19:23
0din on Is Debian the Answer?: “You’re being a bit too critical of Kubuntu (26.04 LTS) now, it seems to me. 🙂 Yes, I also quickly…” May 9, 17:11
Béranger on Is Debian the Answer?: “Oh, this is über-ironic: Microsoft Defender Security Research Team: Active attack: Dirty Frag Linux vulnerability expands post-compromise risk. Yeah, use…” May 9, 14:23
Béranger on A rare gem in a world of decay: The Graystones: “In the new composition after “the big betrayal”: The Graystones and Evan Riley — While My Guitar Gently Weeps cover…” May 9, 12:04
edel on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “Agree 100% with “hoped that China would come up with something, but they didn’t”. But I have a feeling they…” May 7, 11:48
Béranger on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “I too hoped that China would come up with something, but they didn’t. Deepin tries too much to look like…” May 7, 11:12
Béranger on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “I added a couple of small updates.” May 7, 11:07
edel on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “Oh, did not know of 6.17 coming with Ubuntu 24.04… at least, with those added drivers I hope they are…” May 7, 10:53
Béranger on Gemini’s Nano Banana 2 can hallucinate images it was never given 😸😹😻 UPDATED!: “Dacă lipsește flautul, generăm o tobă.” May 7, 10:40
Béranger on Grim book 1 — a review like no other!: “Would you still care about my thoughts?” May 7, 10:38
Aldus on Gemini’s Nano Banana 2 can hallucinate images it was never given 😸😹😻 UPDATED!: “A talk with ChatGPT.” May 7, 10:38
Wiktor Miesok on Grim book 1 — a review like no other!: “Book 2 dropped a while ago. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GQJHTNR6 Wonder what your thoughts would be on this one.” May 7, 10:37
Béranger on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “6.17 is the default (HWE) kernel in Ubuntu 24.04.4. TUXEDO might have added drivers for their hardware, but other than…” May 7, 10:28
edel on Zooming out (not zoning out!) on some Linux & IT idiocies: “I mentioned Tuxedo OS before, so I don’t want to give the impression I am fully advocating for it, but…” May 7, 10:24
Béranger on I never saw anything as stupid as Git (and GitHub): “I didn’t approve a short comment that recommended that I read the Pro Git book (I guess; it said “the…” May 6, 21:16
Béranger on ComicStripBrowser now runs on Windows and supports Comics Kingdom too!: “Version 2.5.0 was released: • Added: Animal Crackers, The Argyle Sweater, Aunty Acid, Baby Blues, Baldo, Bliss, Broom Hilda, Close…” May 5, 01:23
Béranger on I’m with stupid technology: “You need better glasses! 👓” May 5, 01:13
HAL on I’m with stupid technology: “Yes, absolutely, but I have not notice that on the Sony screen. It might depend on the screen.” May 5, 01:11
Béranger on I’m with stupid technology: “In theory, yes. In practice, if I see COLORED fringes FOR BLACK TEXT ON WHITE, I get mad! So no,…” May 4, 23:32
HAL on I’m with stupid technology: “I tend to use your setup as well for all. Except I’m wondering if RGB wouldn’t be OK for subpixel.” May 4, 23:14
Béranger on I’m with stupid technology: “I don’t care anymore. Font rendering in Linux was worse than in Windows, then it improved, then it worsened again.…” May 4, 20:45