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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

okay i have heard some bad british accents in my time but this is a whole new level 😂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcRxa6E1MUw&t=1050s

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javi@goblin.band wrote:

Firefox updated their Terms of Use? Let's see!

As you type a search query within Firefox, Firefox offers search suggestions to provide you with faster and more direct access to what you’re looking for. Some of the search suggestions come from your search provider (“Search Suggestions”). Others come from Firefox, and are based on information stored on your local device (including recent search terms, open tabs, and previously visited URLs), or content from Mozilla and Mozilla’s partners, including paid sponsors and internet resources like Wikipedia (“Suggestions from Firefox”).

Here chat. Here. This is where Firefox dies.

"information stored in your local device" and "content from mozilla's parners" and "paid sponsors".

This is a very convoluted way of saying "we use your personal data to segment you into something we can sell to advertisers".

This is EXACTLY what chrome does, this is exactly why a lot of us stopped using Chrome and moved back to Firefox.

In some circumstances Mozilla’s partners will receive de-identified search and interaction data, in order to serve relevant suggestions and measure user engagement with suggested content.

This is making me really mad. THIS IS JUST CORPO-SPEAK TO DESCRIBE HOW THE ENTIRE INTERNET ADVERTISEMENT INDUSTRY WORKS. This is HOW FACEBOOK WORK. This is how GOOGLE WORK. This is how the entire programmatic advertisement industry work. This is what we call "sell your personal data". No, no one sells your address, no one sells your name. BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL IN A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE WORLD.

We also work with advertising providers to deliver relevant sponsored content using programmatic technologies. To support this, we may share limited, non-identifying information — such as device type, IP-derived location information, and category of content viewed — to help determine which ads to display. We don’t share any information that identifies you. You can turn off sponsored content in your New Tab settings at any time.

Oh it's so nice of you Mozilla, to do THE MINIMUM LEGAL REQUIREMENTS when selling our data. You don't share information that identify me? so nice of you! you know how else does that? Meta! Google! Tiktok! Somehow big tech mega corporations are willing to comply with the minimum legal requirements as you do, mozilla!

In some cases, we may share or publish aggregated and anonymized data to facilitate research or as part of the lawful business purposes outlined above (such as sharing aggregated insights with advertising partners).

This is called "advertisement segmentation" and it's what it paid for Zuckenberg fortress in Hawaii!! Going places, Moz, you are operating exactly as how Facebook used to do in 2016!

To provide our services as described above, we may disclose personal data to: Partners, service providers, suppliers and contractors

"We never disclose your personal data!!! well, unless it's one of our partners who pays us for it, of course!"

oh wait! they include a table of what kind of data they share with partners!

Technical dataLocationLanguage preferenceSettings dataUnique identifiersSystem performance dataInteraction dataSearch dataBrowsing data

The SHARE FUCKING EVERYTHING. THEY ARE SELLING EVERYTHING. "Unique identifiers" is the closest to personal identifiable data they can sell. That's what advertisers can use to make a profile of you: They may not know your name, but they will know everything else about you.

This is the same information that google collects and sells from you. THE SAME.

Fucking ghouls. This is where Firefox died, folks.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:

Looking forward to this response to "AI literacy day" on March 29, with other members of the cast of Ghost in the Machine

https://notaidoc.com/literacy

Virtual event 9am Pacific/noon Eastern/18:00 CET

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sue@glasgow.social ("Sue Smith") wrote:

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kouett@soc.kouett.net.eu.org ("Oomfie Snoofies") wrote:

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

xkcd 2347, but the dependency is a project some random person runs who replaced his brain with a clockwork mouse and is now tweeting 2000 words on how Claude Code is a game changer

zkat@toot.cat wrote:

successfully used "Hobbyless behavior" to refer to some bullshit in an appropriate context for the first time and I think this one's gonna stick around for a while

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mjd@mathstodon.xyz ("Mark Dominus") wrote:

It's 1986. You've built a limited but working time machine. Every week, it materializes a small slip of paper with a news headline from 2026.

You arrange a meeting with a millionaire who might be able to help you exploit your source of future information. She looks skeptical, but you ask her to be patient while you warm up the machine. Presently, a bit of paper materializes from nowhere. The millionaire is impressed.

You hand her the slip, wondering what wisdom it will impart. The outcome of a major sporting event? An election result? The name of a successful company that doesn't yet exist?

But the millionaire's expression changes to a scowl. She lets the slip flutter to the floor as she leaves your apartment without another word.

You retrieve the slip and read the headline that your machine has produced.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7142152/2026/03/23/cornhole-player-amputee-arrested-murder-dayton-webber/

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

typeof(void *(void *)) *start_routine

go home c, you're drunk.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
nemo@mas.to (":awesome:🐦‍🔥nemo™🐦‍⬛ 🇺🇦🍉") wrote:

@soatok :awesome: ✨ 💫 you mean canisbalism xD hahahah canis latin for dog… ok if I've to explain it, it ain't funny no moe…

😅 Thx for the boost & like/s 😁 🙏 💚
sincerely :)

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

RE: https://thepit.social/@peter/116284279423585855

glorious thread. supply chain attack hits vibe-coded pile of rancid dogshit that just happens to be load-bearing for vibe-coded development

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zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman") wrote:

https://matthiasott.com/notes/the-shape-of-friction from @matthiasott

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

with regret, i think i'm about to pthreads.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines
Development houses: It's time to check your networks for infections.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/self-propagating-malware-poisons-open-source-software-and-wipes-iran-based-machines/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
EricMalves@squawk.social ("Eric Malves :BirbBlj:") wrote:

Fursuit project update, bird has wings!

soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

The real reason furries cannot be trusted with power is the yearning for a dog-eat-dog world #vore

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
sambowne@infosec.exchange ("Sam Bowne :donor:") wrote:

Magento PolyShell: unrestricted file upload in Magento and Adobe Commerce | Sansec https://sansec.io/research/magento-polyshell

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

Add beautiful progress bars to your Rust terminal app! 🦀

🐁 **ratatui-braille-bar** — Braille-style bars for @ratatui_rs

🎨 Smooth, high-resolution bars with peaks & spinners using Unicode braille

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/penso/ratatui-braille-bar

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #ui #terminal #progressbar #widget #programming

Attachments:

• gifv: a855127e36507592.mp4

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
TheBreadmonkey@beige.party ("Ben") wrote:

If, like me, you've been actively seeking a job recently, you will likely be aware of the impact Ai has had on the job market. Virtually every other day is a msm news story about qualified and/or experienced people making hundreds of applications without getting anywhere.

Personally, although I've had a few interviews that didn't quite land (one I didn't really have enough experience, the others were pulled or lost funding), I've now applied for over 300 jobs over the past year. At this stage I'm quite philosophical about it and recognise it's not a reflection of my value.

Along with all the other current crises, there is now a looming employment and skills crisis. This is being framed as a benefits culture led by overdiagnosis of neurodivergence. Which makes me so very very cross it's difficult to put into words. I know that's not true. You know that's not true. *They* know that's not true. It's just a convenient demographic to throw under the bus to detract from the catastrophic damage being wrought by this new gold rush.

Urgh.

I've started typing this out a few times recently and always deleted. It's not something I feel very comfortable talking about. But I am really struggling with this and I figure that if I am there might be others. And I believe in visibility and not suffering in silence - been there and it was awful.

I know things will change at some point. And I know I've spoken to some of you separately irl about this (and thank you so much for your support), but just wanted to fire a beam out across Fedi to anyone else in this shitty situation. You are not alone. Always happy to chat offline if this is kicking your ass as much as it is mine! X

#jobs
#employment

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

PineTime Pro and more updates!

https://pine64.org/2026/03/24/march%5F2026%5Ffosdem/

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

me: "why can't i press delete in the DOM inspector to remove an element?"

also me: presses delete; element is removed

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

crashed into a fire truck around 30 knots

ouch.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
warandpeas ("War and Peas 🧿") wrote:

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warandpeas ("War and Peas 🧿") wrote:

The internet loves free stuff, but free often means unpaid for creators.
Webcomics are the result of untold hours of labor. Patreon is what bridges the gap between „free“ and „fair.“ By supporting us, you’re keeping this wild, weird thing alive.

You're making the internet a bit more fair. Thank you for being part of it.

https://www.patreon.com/warandpeas

Boosted by chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin"):
annie@social.lol wrote:

“You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. — Alvin Toffler” A rule (or boundary)... https://anniemueller.com/posts/when-not-to-break-rules

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emocoder@hachyderm.io ("Dmitry O. :pour_over_coffee:") wrote:

AI rapidly increases speed of the first 90% of software development. But still, you’ll have to do the remaining 90% yourself.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i saw someone complaining about british plugs earlier and i won't have that. the only fault of a british plug is that it hurts like hell if you step on an upturned one. it's otherwise absolutely brilliant.

british wiring, i mean have a go at that all you like. although that said, the wiring in my current place in nl is worse than any british wiring i've ever seen.

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

Another mass uprising this weekend.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/03/24/we-need-to-topple-a-wanna-be-king/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
RagnarHeidar ("Ragnar Heiðar Þrastarson") wrote:

Today is world meteorological day #worldmetday 🌦️

DYK that the Icelandic Met Office has an API for weather observations. I´ve been having lots of fun building weather info screens for my new @trmnl
a brilliant little ePaper info screen

Our API: api.vedur.is/weather/

More on TRMNL: https://trmnl.com/

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

perl has a 'bless' keyword for turning references into objects.

i cannot help but think it would have been more accurate if it were called 'curse'