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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

I need to write a follow up to this. It might even be hopeful

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/any-technology-indistinguishable-from-magic-is-hiding-something/

EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Is this why American EVs are so expensive? Every tiny part is a custom molded piece of plastic made just for this specific model of car?

Got tapped in traffic, cracked a brake light. $1100 list price for just the inner half of light. Found it on “sale” for $750.

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

early A18 yields were below 10%

yeah i'm not surprised

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

intel's 18A process involves checks notes drilling nanoscopic holes into the back side of a polished thin wafer with picometer precision and filling them with metal

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

there are two basic principles in tye Multiverse: Yum and Yuck. this is Yum.

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

i dunno, when someone on youtube says they are an expert in something and i am not an expert in that something but i know a little and know they got something fairly basic wrong, that does not inspire confidence.

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

the windows laptop problem

do you need me to tell you, or...?

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

I think people may have been staying in some of these sheds not too long ago.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #nature #naturephotography #abandoned #decay #trees #rust

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

I assume these are remnants of the summer cabins that used to be in this area. #Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #nature #naturephotography #abandoned #decay #trees #rust #snow

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

Rust and snow.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #nature #naturephotography #abandoned #decay #trees #rust

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

If I do a podcast, it'll be called:

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

it's not gonna go off. it was never on.

zkat@toot.cat wrote:

RE: https://mstdn.social/@ErikaSumner/116292158721344146

lmao at the only three member states who voted against this

Boosted by zkat@toot.cat:
ErikaSumner@mstdn.social ("Erika Sumner") wrote:

#BREAKING #News: The #UnitedNations General Assembly has voted to recognize the enslavement of Africans during the transatlantic slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity", a move advocates hope will pave the way for healing and justice. Note: #UN GA resolutions are not legally binding, though they carry the weight of global opinion.

#BlackMastodon #BLM

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg06q36052o

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

I say this not as someone who is pro-local AI but someone who is against the cloud. And against this sort of mass power grab enacted by the hyperscalers over the past five years.

It appears like they're failing. And short of passing legislation to codify a monopoly of some sort, their vision of our digital lives are not coming to fruition.

Boosted by jwz:
stevelieber ("Steve Lieber") wrote:

Jimmy con Carnage.

Boosted by jwz:
javi@goblin.band wrote:

I didn't realize the facebook execs Mozilla acqui-hired last year have been promoted! I was assuming they were still just heading the ads division of Mozilla, but oh boy, I fucking wish.

Now the former Senior VP of Marketing of facebook (2008-2022, the finest years of facebook) is the CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER of the entire Mozilla.

And the former VP of Ads in Facebook (2012-2022), is now the Senior VP of Product of Mozilla.

Let me repeat this:

The guy who used to lead the facebook team that was literally "advertising to teenagers based on their emotional state" is now the guy who decides the direction of Firefox as a product. But hey, let's keep giving Mozilla the benefit of the doubt uh? I'm sure these people-who-should-be-on-trial-in-the-hague are going to do great things for the community!

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
livingshredder@furry.engineer ("Vertex 🔞") wrote:

GitHub is apparently going to start using your data for model training unless you intentionally opt out of it: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/updates-to-github-copilot-interaction-data-usage-policy/

It looks like this is mostly just limited to interactions with Copilot itself, but I'd turn it off anyway just to be safe...

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
dangoodin@infosec.exchange ("Dan Goodin") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.cthos.dev/@cthos/116291799262669611

Wow, the cynicism in this thread is off the charts. Google's aggressive accelleration of its internal PQC deadline has gotten the attention of a bunch of very smart people working in the field. You may think it's propaganda, but lots of us are wondering what Google knows is coming down the pike that the rest of us don't. It'd be an error to let this development go unreported.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
sil ("Stuart Langridge") wrote:

@mattround tell the Apple people that you remember when they focused on delightful user experiences rather than control, that ought to prove you're old enough

Boosted by jwz:
somafm@sfba.social ("SomaFM") wrote:

So many crappy AI generated press releases about crappy AI generated music hitting our mailbox 😡

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

My co-workers will see a lot of my recommendations about how to build chat UIs that don't suck in this post. I tend to add "use web components for upgrades and delay loading" to the prescription, but the core of this approach is correct:

https://www.lorenstew.art/blog/i-do-the-opposite

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

Some good news, but still weak sauce. No PR, caps only on non-residents...*sigh*. Labour still seem not to understand what time it is, even with McSweeny gone:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/25/political-donations-cryptocurrency-blocked-reform-uk

jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein our long SVOG audit nightmare is finally over
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/03/25.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

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

not a waste of sand

only the highest praise for the intel 270kp

jwz wrote:

Recent movies and TV.

Normally I try to keep my reviews focused toward "these were good and you should watch them" but I've watched a lot of garbage in the last couple of months so this one has more complaining than usual. You're welcome. The Bluff...
https://jwz.org/b/yk5A

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

Additionally, for file-backed, non-tmpfs memory, the file must not be open for write and the mapping must be executable.

that's...bizarre. why would an executable mapping make a difference in using hugepages?

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

Atlassian Bitbucket Cloud Issues and Wikis are being removed

Action needed: migrate them to Jira/Confluence

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

it's a bit of a doozy though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s1Z7cfGeVM

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

okay i just watched a video about some plane hijackers and i think i can say they were the worst hijackers of all time.

but particularly my favourite thing is forcing the captain to drink whisky while the plane is losing altitude.

sure, get the captain pissed, that'll help everything.