#LfS
That’s really frustrating: though as someone who responded to the LFS a couple of times and then didn’t - despite strongly believing in the importance of accurate public survey data - I have *views* about some reasons for their low response rates…
September 29, 2026 at 7:19 AM
the same is true, obviously, of the rise in health-related inactivity - while the LFS probably overstated the immediate post-pandemic rise, both the UC-health and PIP data tell you that there is definitely *something* going on.
September 29, 2026 at 7:10 AM
The more you know!

Sol told me about LFS, that was her inference, even on GPT-6
September 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
lol imagine telling someone in 2010 the hard part of LFS would be API rate limits
September 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
LFS was the initial source of the build yes but now it has its own custom build system as well as a package manager.
I actually wanted to do this!

LFS takes up 15-20 GB of storage, although rate limits even for my pro plan on codex make it not enough
So the answer to "can one person solo build a linux distro with AI" is "yes" btw
September 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I actually wanted to do this!

LFS takes up 15-20 GB of storage, although rate limits even for my pro plan on codex make it not enough
So the answer to "can one person solo build a linux distro with AI" is "yes" btw
September 28, 2026 at 7:47 PM
There was a major LFS redesign in 1976 and as far as I know the previous version was never made available as PUMF.
September 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Yes, overall (not just here) we seem to be adjusting employment for PAYE, sticking with LFS self employment. Then there's the hours stuff last week. Basically it's hard to measure things anyway, people have stopped answering, and splitting the pandemic effect on responses v reality is v difficult!
September 28, 2026 at 2:18 PM
For connoisseurs of UK labour data, the ONS has now produced a reworking of LFS data using PAYE numbers to better adjust for the post-pandemic drop in responses.

Key chart is here, showing a bigger fall in employment at the start of pandemic, stronger recovery after and more decline recently.
September 28, 2026 at 9:16 AM
My bf doesn’t watch LFs so I can just sit here and watch his surprise for HOH pt 1 #bb28
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September 28, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Riding EVERY transit route in Metro Vancouver!

Route: 23 Pacific
Vehicle: NovaBus LFS HEV
Duration: 26min

Running along the south shore of the downtown peninsula, the 23 connects Main Street and Stadium Stns to major destinations like the stadiums, Yaletown, and Sunset and English Bay beaches.

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September 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I can manually invoke "git lfs locks --verify --json" and it works. But if I launch Godot and have my script do the exact same thing it fails with not being able to find the credentials for this repository (set to use libsecret and it's in my keyring).

Is it because it's an AppImage??
September 27, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Okay seems like my Godot LFS plugin breaks as a result of not being able to find git-credential-manager, and that makes it not release a lock (which, upon trying to refresh LFS state again later, deadlocks the whole app)
September 27, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Sigh.

Wanted to test out some stuff in PCSX Redux.

GLIBC version is too old.
Realized OS is out of date so tried updating.
It replaced my DE.
Everything is fucked up.
Cmake doesn't work.
Godot locks up when my LFS plugin tries to refresh
Chrome won't open.
...
GLIBC version is still too old.
September 27, 2026 at 3:17 AM
it might be time to just daily-drive LFS...
September 26, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Registration reminder: Workshop "Working with European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) and European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)" 02.11. - 04.11.2026 Mannheim, Germany

Registration/info: training.gesis.org?site=pDetail...
GESIS Training Courses
https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&child=full&pID=0×06979504B5E94641A618BAD69D86FFF0&lang=en_US
September 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Vehicle Recall: Volvo Nova LFS Buses

Estimated reading time: five (5) minutes. US/Washington: As of Saturday, September 26, 2026, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA"), a division of the US Department of Transportation, has posted a total of sixty-two (62) vehicle, tire,…
Vehicle Recall: Volvo Nova LFS Buses
Estimated reading time: five (5) minutes. US/Washington: As of Saturday, September 26, 2026, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA"), a division of the US Department of Transportation, has posted a total of sixty-two (62) vehicle, tire, accessory or other automotive-related product recalls this month. Are yours listed? Direct link: Additional information: Among the sixty-two (62) vehicle and accessory recalls the NHTSA announced in September comes news of the following:
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September 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
yes, and I'm not sure why @stevenhseggie.bsky.social says we can't do x-country comparisons on other stuff. We just had PISA! We have an EULFS and the UK LFS is still aligned with it. And so on
September 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Awesome stuff Jens!

Do you know if the LFS microdata pre 1976 exist and if it publicly available anywhere?
September 26, 2026 at 5:10 AM
[19/24] Self-hosted runner git lifecycle hooks now skip LFS pre-push, ignore system hooksPath, and require explicit flag to sign. Git SSL verification clarified for Anthropic-managed repos. Reverted claude-ai name reservation enabling skills/commands/workflows/MCP servers to load again. VSCode pe
September 25, 2026 at 11:36 PM
[10/24] Fixed type-ahead key handling with stale state, Git LFS certificate verification in worktrees via GIT_CONFIG_COUNT, sandboxed git credential storage errors, and partial sandbox settings being ignored when nested values were invalid.
September 25, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Riding EVERY transit route in Metro Vancouver!

Routes: 15 Cambie / 50
Vehicle: NovaBus LFS HEV
Duration: 31min (15) + 35min (50) = 66min (combined)

Review:
Two through-running routes that serve Cambie Street, South False Creek, and downtown, the 15 and 50 serve dual-purpose as connections to +
September 25, 2026 at 7:55 PM