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XScreenSaver 6.12 is out now. This is another Unix-only release.
• DPMS works on Wayland, using either "wlr-output-power-management-unstable-v1" or "kde-dpms".
• Fading should perform much better on both Wayland and X11.
• GNOME continues to be unsupported. *Oh dear. How sad. Nevermind.*
• Still no locking.What I would like to know: ...
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reconbot@toot.cafe ("Francis 🏴☠️ Gulotta") wrote:
If you’re in New York and want to work for one of the best human focused group of software developers I’ve ever met, as a tech recruiter cares facilitator. Consider the recurse center. #FediHire
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planomenon@assemblag.es wrote:
It takes 10 hours on a laptop accurately simulating 5 seconds of a worm wiggling: https://archive.is/0j2Jp (and we still cannot simulate more than 20-30 #quantum particles exactly). Please be humble when the universe is present! #modeling #complexity (through @loriemerson )
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lain@cyber.ms ("Lain Iwakura Bot") wrote:
📺 Serial Experiments Lain
🗓️ Season: S01E09
🎥 Episode: Protocol
🎬 Directed by: Akihiko Nishiyama
📅 Release Date: August 31, 1998
⏯ Frame: 0320
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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:
I just got a warning on reddit for saying we should beat robots to death with their own arms.
An *automated* warning.
Bots defending bots.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jwz:
Lana@beige.party ("𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"") wrote:
Next time you see a bunch of U-Haul Nazis:
- Have a local person call 9-1-1. Not the police line. 911. And only if you're local. You have to be in the jurisdiction for this to work.
- Report a crime in progress. "I'm watching a dozen or so masked armed men pile into the back of a moving van without seatbelts. I know this to be a crime and I feel unsafe."
- A cop will be dispatched to the scene to conduct an investigation. Nobody will go to jail over this. This is at best a misdemeanor.
- However the cops will still have to pile everybody out of the vehicle and ID them to issue seatbelt violations. That means body cam footage.
- Body cam footage that can be FOIA requested by antifascist investigators. That means drivers license photos, names, and addresses of Nazis.
- That means Nazis who lose their job, get kicked out of their mom's basement, etc. Many of these sick fucks only do what they do because they're operating under the assumption of anonymity. Take that assumption away.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:
Streaming was a good idea
When there was 1 or maybe 2 platforms where you could watch almost anything for under 20 bucks a month
Streaming is terrible now
A dozen platforms with media spread everywhere each charging 15 to 20 bucks a month
Like with many good ideas, they overplayed their hand and lost me
I am hosting my "own" media again :nkoShrug:
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
bagder ("daniel:// stenberg://") wrote:
C mistakes among the vulnerabilities present in #curl code
(C mistakes are vulnerabilities that were caused by a mistake that "probably would not have been possible" had we not been using C for curl. Manually assessed for each case.)
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broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca ("Broadwaybabyto") wrote:
Cynthia Olivera is a Canadian who’s been living in the US since she was 10 years old.
She’s now in ICE custody, after being grabbed at her green card interview.
The 45 year old wife and mother of 3 has been moved between detention facilities while her husband begs ICE to let her get on a plane to Canada.
They’re willing to pay. She’s willing to leave. But she can’t escape.
This is why we call them concentration camps.
There’s no due process. Some people go in and never come out.
Also worth noting her husband voted for Trump because he supported his mass deportation plans.
He didn’t think it would impact people “like them”. Only “others”.
This is why we fight for the rights of everyone.
We aren’t safe until everyone is safe.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org wrote:
On the latest episode of the Future Knowledge podcast:
In this episode, author CORY DOCTOROW (@pluralistic) breaks down THE INTERNET CON: how platforms took over the web, & what it’ll take to take it back.
🎧 Listen now ➡️ https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the-internet-con
#podcast #FutureKnowledge #CoryDoctorow #TechPolicy #DigitalFreedom
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mikeolson ("Mike Olson") wrote:
My pal @bcantrill delivers a masterclass in sports ownership economics:
https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/06/29/the-end-game-for-john-fisher/
“[I]t’s hard to find the dumb money when you are, in fact, the dumb money.”
Mastodon Feedbcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:
As long-promised, @ahl and I are going to revisit an adventure in data corruption from two years ago, one ultimately due to a (slight) difference of opinion about how the CPU should operate with respect to speculative TLB loads. Join us, 5p Pacific today!
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
grickle@mstdn.social ("Grickle") wrote:
Just the three of us. #grickledoodle #contemplation #family #atlantic #novascotia #cartoon #art #drawing #love
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
oh oh
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SKleefeld ("Sean Kleefeld") wrote:
When I was a kid, I sometimes wondered how a sprinkler "knew" how to change directions without being powered with electronics. I think it wasn't until I was in my late 30s that I came across this GIF and I realized how insanely genius a simple sprinkler really is.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
leaverou@front-end.social ("Lea Verou, PhD") wrote:
Help me settle a debate: How often do you edit SVG markup by hand?
Things that count:
✅ Hand editing output from graphics editors (e.g. Illustrator)
✅ Hand-editing SVG you copied from elsewhere (e.g. icons)
✅ Using low-level abstractions (e.g. the SVG DOM) to dynamically modify or output SVGThings that don't count:
❌ Copying and pasting an SVG icon without editing anything
❌ Including an SVG file whose markup you haven't touched on a page
❌ Generating SVG via high-level abstractions like D3
Mastodon FeedBoosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
gutenberg_org ("Project Gutenberg") wrote:
You own more than 75,000 books. Yes, they are yours! Come get them!
Mastodon FeedBoosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:
Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes https://futurism.com/companies-fixing-ai-replacement-mistakes C suits are the worse ones. They just think one quarter and how much stock is going up. That is all.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
wim_v12e@scholar.social ("Wim🧮") wrote:
This is in reaction to that article by Tim Bray.
"The real problem with the AI hype"
https://wimvanderbauwhede.codeberg.page/articles/the-real-problem-with-AI/
I wrote that 6 months ago.
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
Hey, if you're looking for signed books from me right now, I signed a genuinely large number of several popular titles at the Big Ohio Book Con the other weekend, and now you can get them here:
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bweller@mstdn.social ("Becca") wrote:
"Palantir corporation’s software will be used to combine data gleaned from the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service. Meanwhile, the administration wants access to citizens’ and others’ bank account numbers and medical claims.
The regime will not limit the purpose of its growing internal police apparatus to deporting undocumented people. "
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
catileptic@chaos.social ("Alex Ștefănescu") wrote:
I want to expand my connections in The Netherlands. I'm looking for communities collectives, affinity groups that center human rights, digital rights, queerness. Maybe political hacking, since hacking is political. ^^
I'm based nearby the Hague.
My dream is to join or start or nurture a co-working / co-thinking space.
Feel free to DM me or reply publicly if you're in the area and would like to chat. Or if you have any recommendations.
Boosting for outreach is also appreciated.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
continuation@mas.to ("M. Arjuna") wrote:
🚨 This is literally textbook Aryanization
- State violence causes economic distress
- The targeted group forced to sell assets
- Non-targeted people get a 'deal'
- Economic incentives align with persecutionWe have seen this before.
It is happening NOW in the United States.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:
And tragically predictable.
#ProLifeMyAss, Trump, Vought, Musk
Joyce White Vance:
Even if #Trump is forced to renew funding & restaff Natl Weather Service & NOAA as a result of the Texas floods (a big if) we now live in a world with #Musk’s irrational #Project2025-based cuts in place. People will have to die before cuts are restored. Blue states may be out of luck.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
adaofgreengables@eldritch.cafe ("✨ justada :polish_cow:") wrote:
It is done. I finished making the CNC machine. It draws circuits on a copper plate, just how i wanted. It is rare for me to finish a project. I'm so incredibly happy about it :blob_melt_sob_love:
The machine is still in kind of a rough shape. I will make proper power circuit and maybe a bluetooth for serial. Other then that, it is ready to be used :bowsette_blonde:(Part 7: Finished)
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
kate@aus.social ("Kate Bowles") wrote:
Fundraiser for librarian LaVonnia Moore who has lost her job for supporting her community’s inclusive choice, in the madness of what the US has become. It will take so many acts of courage like this one.
“Libraries are one of the very few public spaces left for everybody. We empower voices. We make room for the whole community.”
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-lavonnia-moore-seek-justice-and-equality
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wilkowskidom ("Dominik Wilkowski") wrote:
I’ve written up a tutorial I’ve given to a couple friends and colleges #teaching them #Rust and it’s been a lot of fun.
It’s 4 parts and starts here:
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
We already live in a world filled with wonderful natural intelligences that we denigrate and disrespect. We shouldn't aspire to add artificial ones to that.
We have work to do, but not in making new classes of subjugated beings (or new classes of venerated ones for that matter).
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Do not work to create a mind for others if that is possibly their motivation.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Do not try to create a mind if your motivation is to enslave it or worship it.