Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice | EP #155

Good morning, it's Monday. This is Guru's Tech Bytes, episode one hundred fifty five. And boy, do we got a packed show for you today, folks. I mean, we are talking about the good stuff, the real meat and potatoes of the tech world. You know, the stuff that gets my heart pumpin' before my first cup of joe. We got privacy tools comin' back from the dead, Linux on fancy new hardware, a community pullin' together, and a story that'll make you think about the whole dang universe. So let's not waste another second, alright? Let's dive right in. First up, and this is a big one for all you privacy nuts out there, Nitter and XCancel are back in business. Heh. Hhh, okay, that's something. Second, we got Asahi Linux making the jump to Apple's M3 chips. Now, this is some serious engineering muscle. Getting Linux to run on Apple silicon is like building a car engine out of spare parts you found in a junkyard, and making it purr like a kitten. Third, and this one hits right in the feels, we got the "Keep Our Servers Running" campaign. Four hundred fifty upvotes for a community that's rallying to save their own little corner of the internet. It's a reminder that all this stuff we love, these forums and communities, they don't run on magic. They run on money and hard work from people who care. It's like a barn raising, but for the digital age. Everyone chipping in a few bucks to keep the lights on and the hard drives spinning. It's a beautiful thing to see, real neighborly, you know? And finally, we got a story called "An Alien Mind." Four hundred eleven upvotes, and it's a thinker. It's about the idea of artificial intelligence that's so different from us, it might as well be from another planet. We always think of AI as trying to be like us, but what if it's not? What if its logic is so alien, we can't even recognize it as intelligence? It's a humbling thought, and it makes you wonder about what we're really building here in these server racks. It's a great piece, you should really check it out. That's your daily byte. Have a great day. Until next time. Stories covered Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice — Hacker News Asahi Linux on M3 — Hacker News Keep Our Servers Running — Hacker News An Alien Mind — Hacker News