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Notes · August 22, 2026
Notes for August 22, 2026
I May Have Accidentally Started the Joshternet
After finding 2,000 Joshes on the independent web, draft RFCs for a decentralized Joshternet—/.well-known/josh, stay on your own site, Joshness is declared never derived.
Inspired by github.com
Linus Torvalds Used AI to Debug the Linux Kernel, but He Had to Keep It From Giving Up
Torvalds chased a 2 KB Intel Xe VRAM overlap through 24 patches and 18 boots; AI handled the grunt instrumentation but kept wanting to quit—the kernel still requires a human Signed-off-by.
Inspired by github.com · Linus Torvalds
Walmart Is Finally Adding Apple Pay After More Than a Decade of Holding Out
Walmart is adding tap-to-pay in U.S. stores after CurrentC, Walmart Pay, and years of refusing NFC—Apple Pay and Google Pay included, without killing QR checkout.
Inspired by corporate.walmart.com · Walmart
The GrapheneOS Duress Password Case Is Becoming a Test of Whether Privacy Can Be Treated as Obstruction
The New York Times and Slashdot on Samuel Tunick—GrapheneOS duress at CBP Atlanta, a § 2232(a) felony, and whether using a privacy tool during a disputed search can itself become the crime.
Inspired by m.slashdot.org · Slashdot
decayfmt Is Not a Self-Destructing File Format, but I Like the Idea
decayfmt is a Rust experiment that damages .tdcy and .idcy files on every open. It is a social contract, not cryptography—and a reminder that true ephemerality needs more than a file format.
Inspired by github.com · Arav Panwar