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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
johl@mastodon.xyz ("Jens Ohlig") wrote:

The sustainable, sovereign, and open Torment Nexus.

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

I like to think they legalized gambling because the government was like -people are getting too woke time to start ruining some lives

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

This was an excellent discussion about bad "science" influencers.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/18/ddt-causes-polio/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHZtKzZaf6A

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115740595660373293

This post is a good example of why truth and factuality aren’t the same thing. This is the most viscerally true thing I’ve read in a long while, but the degree to which it’s factual or not is largely irrelevant. It feels like a kick in the gut nonetheless

(It is tagged as ‘non-fiction’, so it probably is factual)

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“The Colonization of Confidence., Sightless Scribbles”

https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/

> The Tech Bros haven't invented the term, but they have automated the process. They have built a machine that weaponizes mediocrity and sells it as perfection.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
TheZeldaZone ("Zelda 🎀") wrote:

"Hello, We're Firefox, The Only Browser That Hasn't Hit Itself In The Dick With A Hammer. For years now, folks use us because of our un-hammered dick. Now, you may be wondering why today we've brought this hammer and pulled out our dick. Well I'm glad you asked--"

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115734682928783505

My books are on sale for the duration of the holidays, on account of everything being awful for pretty much everybody these days.

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Noël est souvent la période où les geeks se font "harceler" de questions techniques par leurs proches. L'année dernière, je donnais mon avis sur les boites Gmail et on me demandait quelle alternative utiliser pour la messagerie. J'étais un peu nue pour répondre à cela : protonmail ou tuta ? mais ils incitent régulièrement à passer à l'offre payante et à utiliser leurs autres services (VPN, drive, password vault...). En plus, les clients de messagerie standard ne sont pas compatibles.

C'est ce qui m'a donné l'idée de proposer https://message.casa une boite mail (avec un compte xmpp), certes limitée en volume mais gratuite et respectant les protocoles standard IMAP/POP3/SMTP.

Alors, si vous aussi on vous parle de boite mail à Noël, vous pourrez proposer message.casa ;-)

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Christmas is often the time when geeks get bombarded with technical questions from their loved ones. Last year, I was giving my opinion on Gmail accounts and was asked what alternative to use for email. I was a bit stumped for an answer: ProtonMail or Tuta? But they regularly encourage you to switch to the paid version and use their other services (VPN, drive, password vault, etc.). In addition, standard email clients are not compatible.

That's what gave me the idea to offer https://message.casa, an email account (with an XMPP account) that is limited in size but free and complies with standard IMAP/POP3/SMTP protocols.

So, if you too are asked about email accounts at Christmas, you can suggest message.casa ;-)

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

lol "postponing"

https://resources.github.com/actions/2026-pricing-changes-for-github-actions/

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

reading: "You Can't Opt-Out of Accessibility"
https://vale.rocks/posts/accessibility-importance

> "Unfortunately, companies have adopted these baselines as the ceiling, not the floor."

great quote from @vale

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
vale@fedi.vale.rocks ("Vale") wrote:

A rant in the face of the industry’s continued neglect and outright hostility towards digital accessibility and care for users.

https://vale.rocks/posts/accessibility-importance

#WebDev #Accessibility #a11y #FrontEndDevelopment

andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:") wrote:

I'm not much of a Christmas person, which is why when I thought "maybe I should get a good docking station for my new laptop", I wasn't expecting every good option to be sold out...

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

I understand tonight someone let a clown chew on a whoopie cushion and call it a national address

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
codepo8@toot.cafe ("Chris Heilmann") wrote:

Python expert

Attachments:

• gifv: 3d92720d0511b2b0.mp4

Boosted by jwz:
monkeyborg@triangletoot.party ("monkϵyborg 🦾🐵") wrote:

The Long Kiss Goodnight isnʼt just a Christmas movie. Insofar as it depicts a woman leaving behind her successful professional career in the city to adopt a simple life in the country with a small-town guy, itʼs a *Hallmark* Christmas movie.

Boosted by jwz:
parismarx@mastodon.online ("Paris Marx") wrote:

🚨 THE FINAL EIGHT 🚨

We’ve made it to the quarter finals — only two days away from crowning a winner for Worst Person in Tech 2025.

Don’t miss your chance to vote!

🗳️ Cast your ballot: https://twsu.forms.app/wpit2025-qf

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

Democrat wins election by 47-point landslide in Kentucky - Newsweek

"Clemons, president of United Steelworkers Local 1693, campaigned on bolstering support for working families, lowering costs for essentials, creating jobs, and representing blue-collar interests in the state legislature."

A working class champion who made his campaign about the issues and not MAGA won by a larger margin than normal in Kentucky? ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/12/17/democrat-wins-election-by-point.html

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I've finally switched to the @Vivaldi browser. I've been using Firefox for as long as I've been on the internet, but the focus on AI means it's no longer the browser for me. Thankfully unlike Chrome, Vivaldi supports the uBlock Origin extension which is the most important extension for being able to browse the web nowadays.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

Quite a few broken windows.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #landscape #nature #naturephotography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #trees #architecture

Boosted by jwz:
lusrangifer@blimps.xyz ("Lady Lus, Inflate-a-Bou") wrote:

Have you seen the new browser to replace Firefox? It's called IceCat. It's literally called Zen. It's a customized Librewolf install. It's a gecko fork called Pale Moon. You can probably use SeaMonkey. It's called K-Meleon. We're all using Floorp. Install Floorp right now. We're all using Floorp. Install Floorp right now. Everyone is using Floorp now. Install Floorp right now.

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Nine.

Boosted by jwz:
claytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:

Have you tried Apple's "Clean Up" ai function in Photos? It's advertised as being able to remove blemishes, distracting details, entire objects. But if you use it in any photo that contains nudity it switches to a censored pixelation mode. One step closer to my tweeted predictions.

Boosted by jwz:
jamescheese@monads.online ("the sloop james c") wrote:

in china you can operate an llm for far fewer resources by virtue of the room already being chinese

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

We have a bunch of great writers here. All just hangin around spinning yarn, preaching to the converted. Seems like a waste.

100 Fediverse writers on Substack* or Threads would have a measurable impact on perceptions.

(*I know why you're not on Substack I've considered that before I wrote this no need to comment about it)

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

What the hell, since things largely seem to suck a bit these days, why not hold an otherwise completely unplanned sale?

So, for the holidays, a €10 EUR discount on my books, and you can choose between reading about how "AI" doesn't work or about how to fix the shit storm that is modern software development

The Intelligence Illusion, for €25: https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/34qSg

Out of the Software Crisis, for €25: https://payhip.baldurbjarnason.com/b/skbMv

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Seven times now.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
celesteh@hachyderm.io ("Charles ☭ :trans: is a Green") wrote:

This EP is really obscure.

Your less online friends will be impressed when you tell them about it.
https://charleshutchins.bandcamp.com/album/basic-waveforms

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

The Sillicon Valley digerati are winning the propaganda war on the web. It may not look like it where we hang out. But over on Substack, Threads, X, and Bluesky, there are prolific writers pushing big tech talking points that go largely unchallenged.

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

whoever is responsible at "alibaba cloud" for the bot that's crawling one app I host with ~40req/s from an entire ipv4 /18 network: fuck you, and I hope you'll be unable to wash your hands without your sleeve getting we for the next 10 years