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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
grammargirl@zirk.us ("Mignon Fogarty") wrote:

I'm helping an elderly person with a patient portal, and wow, there are about 4 different problems ranging from unclear instructions to pages that don't work well when the phone is zoomed in enough for an older person to actually read the text.

Plus, the iPhone keeps popping up unhelpful gunk.

This person isn't particularly afraid of technology either, but they literally can't do it.

I now think every web developer should be forced to walk through their processes with an 85-year-old.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
agafnd@www.librepunk.club ("pretty fungi") wrote:

It is incredibly rude to start a sentence with "I asked ChatGPT and"

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

A glorious victory by the forces of Good against the craven Evil.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/14/the-battle-of-wrecktangle-pizza/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2XlpwtHveRA

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:

Oh no. Can you please think of the poor corporation and its CEO? The negativity you talk about regarding AI is hurting them badly. Now Jensen Huang is begging you to stop being so negative about AI: "[It's] extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said. This is the same thing the Microsoft CEO said a couple of weeks back. It would be a shame if you boosted and spread this negative news. Lmao.

https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335

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

(Looks at the weather forecast for the Twin Cities)

(Is, for some reason, reminded of the Nazis marching through Russia)

(That went well for them for sure)

Boosted by jwz:
lzg ("lenazun") wrote:

you can now be Junior Autistic for the worst people on earth https://jobs.lever.co/palantir/61eaa54c-e1b7-4064-afad-f7df3d48d652

Boosted by jwz:
aparrish@friend.camp ("allison") wrote:

speaking of which, say your software is so bad it breaks the law. on the off chance you do get prosecuted (you won't, not by the feds at least), the punishment will probably be a fine that is less than the amount of monthly revenue you get from people who forgot to cancel their subscription. same for a civil case. there is simply no downside right now to shipping software that sucks, so why *not* generate it stochastically

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
metin@graphics.social ("Metin Seven 🎨") wrote:

Want to move from US-based apps and services to Europe-based ones?

Here are some useful links to get you going…

https://european-alternatives.eu

https://euroalternative.co

https://www.switch-to.eu/en

https://www.eupedia.com/forum/threads/%F0%9F%87%AA%F0%9F%87%BA-european-alternatives-to-american-apps.46070

https://www.privacytools.io

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools

https://eurotechguide.com

https://switching.software

https://codeberg.org/ADHDefy/delightful-creative-tools

Big open source list (but Google Docs 😅):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yNXpuy5tVP0q-El0DqoY-AwmPHT6K09NEZG-Pf0KJ7E/edit

#EU #europe #USA #apps #software #tech #technology #tips #FreeSoftware #free #FOSS #OpenSource

Boosted by jwz:
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

first moxie went crypto, now it's AI. didn't this guy used to be the right sort of anarchist and not the wrong sort https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/signal-creator-moxie-marlinspike-wants-to-do-for-ai-what-he-did-for-messaging/

Boosted by jwz:
Mandrake@chitter.xyz ("Mandrake 🐎") wrote:

Scott Adams never recovered from being roasted by Pinkie Pie

Boosted by jwz:
johnrogers.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("John Rogers") wrote:

I can't get my camera to read the fucking QR code on a restaurant menu in dim light, I'm going to grab Officer Chucklefuck's ID in a scrum. This idea is literally so dumb it made me go find out who's primarying @ritchietorres.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy so I can send them as much money as I am legally allowed to.

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
FediTips@social.growyourown.services ("Fedi.Tips") wrote:

Mastodon.social has no advantages at all over any other server. It has no special status or special privileges, it uses exactly the same software as other Mastodon servers.

In fact I'd strongly advise people *NOT* to sign up on mastodon.social, here are the reasons why: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server

TL:DR - It's far far too big, it's putting the entire decentralised nature of the Fediverse in danger.

If you want help choosing a good reliable server, have a look at https://fedi.garden

#FediTips

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

The true irony of fascists censoring Plato is that Plato was a fascist (see Popper's "The Open Society and Its Enemies"):

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/14/donald-trump-plato-gender-education

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

They yet live! My male black widows have survived a torrid night of love and are hiding in the moss.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/14/the-boys-are-all-right/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
thezoq2 ("TheZoq2") wrote:

Oh, the Servo AI policy is really well written and thought out! https://book.servo.org/contributing/getting-started.html#ai-contributions

Boosted by ratatui_rs@fosstodon.org ("Ratatui"):
orhun@fosstodon.org ("Orhun Parmaksız 👾") wrote:

TUIs for observability! 💯🤌

🚁 **talos-pilot** — TUI for managing/monitoring Talos Linux k8s clusters

⚡ Real-time node health, logs, diagnostics, etcd status & safe production ops.

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/handfish/talos-pilot

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #kubernetes #talos #devops #sre #observability

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• gifv: 03a4d1eb07fba5f7.mp4

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115737483111161917

I have to admit, the performance of a Chromium-based browser compared to Firefox is abysmal. I don't have that many tabs but it lags a lot and the browser constantly puts tabs in hibernation to save memory--something I've never needed with Firefox. So all of you Chrome users live like this? No wonder RAM is in high demand.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
kzodasnowman@spore.social ("K-ZO da Snowman") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/115894304411483038

YUP YUP YUP

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

So Michael Shermer is a charter member of the new American Nazi party? I'm unsurprised and disappointed at the same time.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/14/michael-shermer-is-scum/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnVo6FkG94U

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

Congrats to @theacademyismusic on the fabulous new single in advance of the new album "Already There," which comes out in March. It's nice to have new music from them again!

https://youtu.be/N9Z6KwPUdro

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

This is why I have turned off notifications for everything except texts from my wife and my kid. The horrors can wait until I decide to face them; I don't need them intruding any earlier than that.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@meredithrlyons/post/DTfzjlZjtpD

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
caitp@mstdn.social wrote:

what if nobody will save us, what if we have to save ourselves and each other

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

Say it now or shut up forever: https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2026/01/14/say-it-now-or-shut.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
catsalad@infosec.exchange ("Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:") wrote:

What's that smell?

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• gifv: Video of a large, blue, 2200µf 35v capacitor shaped humidifier spewing out water vapor that looks like the magic smoke that sometimes escapes a burning capacitor.

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

We need more steely-eyed, no-nonsense cops here in Minnesota to resist the paramilitary assholes who are invading it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/14/fortunately-ive-never-used-door-dash/

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

I wrote this to get it out on paper and out of my system lol.

Say the damn thing.

https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2026/01/14/say-it-now-or-shut.html

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Well, if like me, you're looking for a European alternative to Waveform Lighting, euroLighting isn't it. All the numbers are the same on the box (2700K, 800 lumens, >= 95 CRI) but the color is noticeably more piss-yellow 😦

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

Wild how writers rallied against censorship, who would have thought they would ever do such a thing

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DTffOTTjvCF

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

(PS: Every white supremacist is here because of an immigrant. Every. Single. One.)

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

Good morning, Threads. I would much rather have a nation of immigrants than a nation of white supremacists.