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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Been thinking a lot about bravado and how it is used to accumulate power by either embracing or deflecting it. Your approach depends on your class and race.

Entering the corporate world in my twenties as a Puerto Rican kid from Orlando, I had to learn hard lessons and recalibrate.

In white liberal society bravado expressed outwardly is frowned upon because it is not a necessary tool for survival. In my world, if used correctly, bravado can help lift you out of poverty quite literally.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

If you are a hiring manager, and you've made the mistake of allowing framework-specific questions or knowledge to skew your interview process, the best time to fix your error was several years ago. The next best time is *right now*.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
fifonetworks@infosec.exchange ("Bob Young") wrote:

Adobe is now processing all your PDFs in the cloud, by default. The setting to “Enable generative AI features in Acrobat” was on, and I didn’t know it until I opened a document and Adobe asked me if I wanted a document summary. It’s annoying to have to click “No,” so I opened settings to disable the prompt.

THE PROBLEM
I sign Non-Disclosure Agreements for many of my clients. Adobe is a potential leak of protected information. I don’t know what Adobe does with this information. I don’t know what they store, or for how long. I don’t know what country (or countries) the data is stored in. I don’t know what LLMs are trained with this data. And I don’t need to know. What I need to know is that they won’t use default opt-in as a legal excuse to wiretap my information.

I recommend that you check your Adobe settings on all devices, for all Adobe accounts.

#CallMeIfYouNeedMe #FIFONetworks

#cybersecurity

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

I really try not to be a “how do Windows people put up with this” type, but after using a PC for a while, I’m like “you know what, I think I’ll keep suffering with my fast, near-silent aluminum Unix workstation with the bright super-high-res screen over here, thanks.”

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Every day I am astounded by how loud this ThinkPad’s fan is. Yes, it’s a bigger screen than the MacBook Air’s and it has a separate GPU, but nothing running now *needs* a GPU—and the screen is lower resolution (and worse all around, as is the build quality in general).

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

By now it should be obvious that any time you invest in some new React ecosystem doodad or geegaw is wasted compared with learning web platform fundamentals.

The scale of waste I'm observing in high-profile apps suggests that knowing browsers is the most leveraged skill today.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Logging off like...

Attachments:

• gifv: Short clip of Spock smashing the everlovin' crap out of a computer terminal with his bare fist.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

TFW you don't wanna log off, but really you know you should...

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I think I can say that I'm a platform independent writer 😭

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
capnseasick@masto.hackers.town wrote:

Snagged from a marketing piece trying express product durability but it captures my rage perfectly.

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

The problem is that Superman's values are antithetical to conservative values. No wonder they resent a movie about Truth, Justice, and the American Way!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/22/its-just-a-movie/

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Nope. It's not insane at all.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/22/whats-insane-about-it/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgsMYu-h37w

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

well hell, now what do I do

Attachments:

• video: 19c381becfab660f.mp4

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Happy Pi Approximation Day! 🎉🎊

because 22/7 is good enough to get real work done

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
f_dion@mastodon.online ("Francois Dion") wrote:

I have a large collection of #electronic and #computer #music #vinyl #records. I had a radio show on FM on the subject for about a decade. So it is always exciting to find something I don't have, especially early stuff. Found this 10" boxed "Music from Mathematics" from 1960, bell labs. Much more rare than 1962 Decca 12". Never seen it before. Found in a local shop, of all places, hiding inside a vinyl carry case.
#belllabs #IBM #retrocomputing #computerassisted

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

I mean, DAMN

RE: https://www.threads.com/@berniceaking/post/DMYzPuZgriM

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kenshirriff@oldbytes.space ("Ken Shirriff") wrote:

We obtained a mysterious box of 1960s electronics. I reverse-engineered it and with much effort, we got it running. It turns out to be a test unit for testing NASA's Up-Data Link, a system from the Apollo moon landing to control the spacecraft from the ground. Let's take a look inside... 1/n

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Getting people to actually read is hard these days.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

test post to ‘Loops’ app

h/t @dansup

https://loops.video/v/9G0uqlkmnU

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
joewo ("JoeWo") wrote:

What exactly is the left wing propaganda
in Sesame Street???

Empathy and learning to read.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kim_harding@mastodon.scot ("kim_harding ✅") wrote:

Microsoft SharePoint servers are under attack because of a major security flaw
https://www.theverge.com/news/710513/microsoft-sharepoint-server-attack-zero-day-exploit
Government agencies and thousands of companies could be affected by the zero-day breach.

Why are people still using Microsoft? After 30 years of security flaws, you'd think they would know better by now...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dyckron@mstdn.ca ("Ron Dyck") wrote:

"Not long ago - in fact, just a couple of weeks before they called the election - the Liberals campaigned on a promise to solidify and strengthen funding for the CBC. They stood in front of microphones and told Canadians they understood the importance of public broadcasting for democracy, for culture, for national unity and they were prepared to put legislation forward to protect our public broadcaster.

Now, they’re walking away from that commitment."

The Liberals promised to strengthen the CBC. Now They’re Cutting It. - Heather McPherson, Proud NDP MP for Edmonton Strathcona
https://substack.com/home/post/p-168891067

https://archive.ph/tRlTL

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
black_intellect@mstdn.social ("Black Intellect") wrote:

The Difference Between Gerrymandering and Redistricting | https://time.com/7304038/gerrymandering-partisan-racial-redistricting-trump-texas-republicans/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
memeorandum@universeodon.com wrote:

US Marines mobilized to Los Angeles are being sent home, Pentagon says (Haley Britzky/CNN)

https://cnn.com/2025/07/21/politics/us-marines-los-angeles-being-sent-home
http://www.memeorandum.com/250721/p112#a250721p112

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jerry@infosec.exchange ("Very Hairy Jerry") wrote:

This is why we can’t have nice things https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/poisonseed-hackers-bypass-fido-keys.html?m=1

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“If a user's environment mandates hardware security keys plugged directly into the login device, or uses platform-bound authenticators (like Face ID tied to the browser context), the attack chain breaks.”

https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/114893240841223706

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🌹"):
MikeImBack@disabled.social ("Mike. 🩼🇨🇦") wrote:

If you don't know the universal hand signal for help, please check this out. I just learned myself, years after it was created. It could save a life. The fingers folding over the thumb is to represent being trapped. Please boost for everyone

#UniversalHandSignalForHelp
#Help

Boosted by jwz:
docpop ("Doctor M. Popular") wrote:

Amado's is re-opening on Valencia Street, so here's a quick reminder:
Owner David Quinby has actively opposed safer streets for pedestrians and cyclists. In early 2023, Amado’s closed due to $500,000 in flood damage, a month before the Valencia bike lane began. Later, David claimed Amado's closed “because of the bike lane.” and pushed to remove any protected bike lanes from Valencia St. #SanFrancisco #ValenciaStreet #ZeroVision

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🌹"):
osnews@mstdn.social ("OSNews") wrote:

An artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool

The Document Foundation, which developers LibreOffice, is mad at Microsoft for the levels of complexity in the Microsoft 365 document format. They claim Microsoft intentionally makes this format's XML schema as complex and obtuse as possible to lock users into the Microsoft Office ecosystem.

This artificial complexity is charact

https://www.osnews.com/story/142851/an-artificially-complex-xml-schema-as-a-lock-in-tool/

#Office

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🌹"):
dissitou@piaille.fr ("Philippe") wrote:

Hello les mastonautes. J'ai 12 abonnés ici mais ça se tente ;)
Je cherche dans la région lyonnaise, une association promouvant le logiciel libre et qui pourrait intervenir dans le reconditionnement d'ordinateurs pour les envoyer à Cuba. Un ami a des machines en nombre, la logistique pour les expédier, et les contacts pour la distribution gratuite sur place. Le problème ce sont les licences, il y a beaucoup de Windows craqués, et ma suggestion est d'expédier des machines pré-installées avec une distribution Linux.
Est-ce que ça existe, comme objectif d'une association ? Et est-ce d'ailleurs une meilleure idée que d'envoyer les machines nues ?