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Late Night Linux Late Night Linux – Episode 370
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Jan 27, 2026 Andy Piper, volunteer crew lead for OggCamp and gamesatwork.biz podcaster, talks about running an unconference and rallying volunteers. He describes crew roles, scheduling and why community-run events stay inclusive. He outlines calls for papers, lightning talks, pay-what-you-can tickets and the practical logistics that keep OggCamp running.
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Wikipedia As Pragmatic Public Good
- Wikipedia remains one of the internet's best public knowledge projects despite inaccuracies and pop-up annoyances.
- The hosts view licensing AI access and proper APIs as a pragmatic way to protect Wikipedia from abusive scraping while gaining revenue.
AI Tells Create An Arms Race
- Volunteers cataloged AI "tells" and Claude Code now uses that work to avoid generating them.
- The hosts see this as an ongoing arms race between documenting tells and models avoiding them.
Balance Funding With Governance
- Accepting industry funding can be pragmatic when it directly supports critical open-source security work.
- Ensure governance and transparency so projects like the Python Software Foundation remain independent despite corporate donors.
