stress-ng V0.21.02 "proficient process pulverizer" has been released, includes new ethernet packet sniffer stressor a bunch of new options and some minor bug fixes github.com/ColinIanKing...

I'm presenting a talk on stress-ng at the ELISA Project Workshop in June. Looking forward to it.

Trump sues everybody over everything, comedians, critics, networks, anyone who bruises his ego. But notice who he never seems eager to sue: the women accusing him, or the people saying far worse things about him. IMO, he knows he would not survive discovery.

Starting wars and not finishing them (especially over oil) is a very American thing to do. Just saying.

New release of V0.21.01 stress-ng "mayday machine masher" - includes new tlb-numa, rofs (read-only file system) and fp-misc (floating point miscellaneous) stressors. github.com/ColinIanKing...

Rescue hedgehog having a good shake: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTcX...

GCC 16.1 Released With AMD Zen 6 Support, Algol 68 & Many C/C++ Improvements - https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-16.1-Released

Yesterday, we adopted a rescue hedgehog from the local hedgehog hospital. We placed it in a hedgehog hibernation box. Later that evening, it emerged and did some exploring! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otw7...

"record profits" are actually unpaid wages and unpaid taxes.

Trump verbally abusing the Pope is peak Trump. No class, no clue, no humanity, just a shell of a being.

Itchy hog: youtu.be/7tL-5Op6D7g

If Trump withdraws from NATO then we can assume he's owned by Putin.

Hedgehog feeding at 4 am this morning! youtu.be/Plp-L6qOSz4

The garden hedgehog is now out of hibernation! youtu.be/ye8s13L5M7M

Music next generation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQI4...

I am currently at 185 species out of 1000 for the year, which is good, but I am behind schedule by 78. The year is still long, and I am yet to get any dragonflies, or do moth trapping. I have been focusing on ground beetles which means lots of log flipping! #PSL @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

stress-ng 0.21.00 has been released! Two new stressors, a bunch of improvements and bugfixes. Release notes github.com/ColinIanKing...

Negotiation by bombing people into oblivion is bullying and not a skill. Just sayin'

You've only got a few days left to object to Brighton Marina's application to dump dredged sediment on a rare chalk reek, in a marine protected area. Join thousands of people and send your objection email today. https://f.mtr.cool/haazgdbxpx

Hypocrit in chief.

Ubuntu's Snap Affected By Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Snapd-High-Vulnerability

You don't start an illegal war and then ask NATO to help finish it. NATO is there to protect fellow members who are attacked. If you can't grok that you shouldn't be a leader.

Trump is being a hostile toddler-like idiot towards the UK, it's time to call it quits on the "special relationship" and cancel all state visits for US presidents to the UK until things improve.

First hedgehog of the year spotted in the back garden! youtu.be/pR1_cLB5BEI?...

Hedgehog camera ready for a new year of Hog filming!

Today's news: "He's a very naughty boy!"

The fastest way to get a letter delivered by the UK post office nowadays is to send it as a parcel.

In 1980, Intel released the 8087 floating-point chip, making math much faster. I'm reverse-engineering this chip, 46 years later. Most of its instructions are implemented in microcode, but some are implemented in hardware. Let's look at the circuitry that decodes instructions and decides what to do.

Exclusive: Former Prince Andrew tried to facilitate Epstein-Gaddafi meeting www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...

I wrote a blogpost for @sussexwildlife.bsky.social about a trip I went on with a bunch of other youth rangers. We tried to find eagles... 🦅 sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/deneway... #birds

I was very lucky today as I spotted none other than a Weasel. Super cute. Super teeny

It's been so relentlessly rainy recently that my species recording diary is sodden. Worth it though, as I have seen Storks and an Eagle this week! #birding

Six months since I booted my Windows "gaming" PC. One game I want to play. GPU drivers. Windows updates. 27GB Steam update. Three hours later, I've played zero games.

@houserepublicans.bsky.social We The People know.

silodrome.com/emma-peel-lo... Hot wheels I'm guessing that it has been sold by now.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Sir Nicholas White @moru-mip.bsky.social Nick was a visionary in #malaria treatment whose work transformed global health. He will be remembered with great respect and affection Read our tribute 👉 www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/news/profess...

added bit-flipping to the stress-ng register stressor and it's now making my system a bit more toasty!

Watch out vampires - we've got a crack team of stake-holders! Katie Bell, Youth Action Officer, led a leaky dam building collab at Woods Mill nature reserve, between our Youth Rangers and the regular Friday Conservation volunteers. Leaky dams help prevent flooding.

1984 in 2026

Dear BBC Please defund Mrs Browns Boys and divert funding to Winter/Spring/Autumn watch Thx ever so Signed Everyone who isn’t a wrong ‘un

Be focused on who you can help rather than who you are.

Trump's policies make the US look ridiculous from the standpoint of the rest of the world. It's going to take many years for the US to regain it's lost reputation. Sorry, but that's the reality we're now in.

I'm retiring at the end of February, I've been fighting various illnesses and I need to slow down and focus on my health. It's been a fun career, I've been programming in C and assembler for ~40 years and a lot has changed in that time. I'll still be keeping stress-ng going.

From his mouth are lies and corruption, his madness was clear to see. Yet the people shouted "he is our king, he does no wrong, let us destroy those who come against him". And so corruption killed sanity, and the world headed into war.

A January 6th insurrectionist who Trump pardoned is now being charged with molesting a child. Trump’s pardon released him from prison.

I have written a new blogpost about my attempt to get to 1,000 species this year: amykingwildlife.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... #PSL