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Some new faces around here today, so I’m gonna, like, use my birthday as an excuse to plug an essay I wrote about my cousin, who was the person I looked up to most in the world, until he wasn’t.
https://gkeenan.co/avgb/ive-missed-sam-for-a-very-long-time-or-pick-your-battles/
Happy to announce that I'm being funded by 
@nlnet through 
@NGIZeroNGI Zero open source funding to make DCIM/CMDB/IPAM suck less. Hit that Follow button on @rackweaver and stay tuned.
@lorgonumputz 
@pauldooPaul Richards alright so according to this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/593340
shred, wipe, et al just won't work on SSDs because of how they function. the best you can do is a tool called blkdiscard which will politely ask the SSD to wipe the file. failing that, you have to wipe the entire SSD 
이제 단문에 포함된 대표 링크에 대해 Open Graph 메타데이터를 추출하여 표시하게 되었습니다. 또한, 링크에 fediverse:creator 메타데이터가 있을 경우, 저자의 연합우주 프로필까지 하단에 표시하게 됩니다.
이제 단문에 포함된 대표 링크에 대해 Open Graph 메타데이터를 추출하여 표시하게 되었습니다. 또한, 링크에 fediverse:creator 메타데이터가 있을 경우, 저자의 연합우주 프로필까지 하단에 표시하게 됩니다.
There is simply too much technology
Why be technologising when you could be having a little snooze instead
There is simply too much technology
It’s disheartening to see AI reactionism lead my community to a 180° on copyright.
Everyone is merrily attacking LibGen now. If it didn’t exist, big tech companies would still find training data, it just wouldn’t be accessible to regular people.
One thing I've learned is keep your friends clothed and your enemies clotheder ah fuck it you get the idea
french guy on a dinner date in south-east queensland who's only at an A2 english level yet is bravely still trying to learn local terminology but has misidentified the species of crustacean on his partner's plate after said partner has stated that they're full and may not finish their meal: you vill eat ze bugs?
This week we released GNOME 48! 🎉
A new major release with exciting changes including notification stacking, performance improvements, an improved image viewer, a new interface font, new digital wellbeing settings, a new audio player, HDR support and much more!
To find out more, and to see what else happened this week, check out the latest issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME!
I just wrote and illustrated an instruction manual for cats which was released three days ago. https://cuddleunit5.com
おっさんは数字を覚えられない #おっさんのジャンク記憶
-e:1:in `<main>': undefined method `iso9601' for 2025-03-16 00:00:13 +0000:Time (NoMethodError)
puts Time.parse($_.split(/: /).first).iso9601
^^^^^^^^
Did you mean? iso8601
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my stand, 『TOM'S DINER』, looks like an ordinary cafe but it forces anyone who enters to start dissociating and narrating their own life
mradcliffe @mradcliffe@nokoto.org
I was thinking about presentation slides today, and an idea came to me—
Why not make an ActivityPub Note per slide for a presentation?
The word count on slides is fairly low so probably fits the Note format. This is essentially what Cory Doctorow does in his excellent long threads, which then gave me some doubts based on the feedback that those got a while back.
Slides are not Document or Article. Note (and Page) does fit fairly well though the next slide as a reply might get lost in other replies.
The orderedItems property in an OrderedCollection would fit, but adds an additional complexity to the author (and implementation) of having an overarching collection. I think in my ideal world a Slide (or SequencedObject) would have optional next, prev, first, and last properties in addition to all the inherited Object properties, but without all the cruft of a partOf or current or whatever.
Also I just described an item in a set, which brought a flood of memories of poorly implementing linked lists in the discrete mathematics course I took long ago.
I wouldn't necessarily know the last property when drafting content until everything is finished, but could be added in an Update. That would generate a bunch of noise though.
The closest I can find is PAE-06 Stories, but that is kind of meh.
Anyway, it was an interesting thought experiment.
I $[jelly ❤] #Misskey
Like many authors, all of my books were stolen by Meta. Honestly, book piracy never really bothered me all that much--if someone really wanted to learn Python, why not learn it from me? That's cool. Come by and say "hi" to me at a conference maybe. Having my hard efforts anonymized and regurgitated by some LLM? Not cool.
I sometimes think about updating my book, but then I see the royalty statement and realize I'd do better working one weekend a month serving fast food. Shrug.
that's the bloody thing about windows 10. it represents... chaos! the feminine windows 10 would... in a natural environment, and this is *not* a natural environment... in a natural environment, the more... masculine and better designed windows 7 would overpower windows 10. but those bloody-- those cultural marxists, and they really are, too, the cultural marxists at microsoft wouldn't have it! they... they they they intervened with... the natural hierarchy, and they said "well, let's... let's put the feminine form on top. let's put it on top." and that's not necessarily a bad thing, but when it's at the expense of order... of masculinity and structure, things start going wrong
@hanny@radical.town
Those of you using RSS to follow my blog, I've moved it to my new domain. Please update your links and readers:
URL: https://asolitarycabin.org/
RSS: https://asolitarycabin.org/feeds/all.atom.xml
I'll get some 301 redirect going on my old site later this weekend, but for now, this is where I'll be publishing new stuff. The old site will become a linktree style thing.
Cannot count how many people tell me to "seek therapy"
I've tried! But every time, I end up seducing them, and getting them involved in a scheme of some sort that may just lead to their demise?
新しいプロフィールカードになったよ
よければみてね
#Misskeyプロフィールカード
新しいプロフィールカードになったよ
よければみてね
#Misskeyプロフィールカード
for anyone who was in any of the #GNOME #matrix rooms a week or so ago... the flatpak version of element keeps its cache at ~/.var/app/im.riot.Riot/config/Element/Cache/Cache_Data/. you can use something like wipe to securely erase it.
EDIT: wipe and shred and co. won't work on an SSD. use something like blkdiscard instead.
This week we released GNOME 48! 🎉
A new major release with exciting changes including notification stacking, performance improvements, an improved image viewer, a new interface font, new digital wellbeing settings, a new audio player, HDR support and much more!
To find out more, and to see what else happened this week, check out the latest issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME!
picking my battles? aaaaaaa fine, I’ll resist
What do you miss in #Proxmox or #XCPng?
My customers often told me, that when migrating from #VMware based setups, they would miss something like #DRS. As a result I published #ProxLB as a load balancer. Now, I do the same for #DPM and also some other things. What do you miss or what stops you or your business from switching to Proxmox or XCPng?
#virtualization #hypervisor #cloud #vms #homelab #features #opensource #coding
The older I get, the more I appreciate that there are different distributions of #Linux and that there are multiple ways of doing things throughout the stack. #opensource is not a zero sum game and we're all better for it. Whether its commercial/enterprise, community, and/or hobbyist, it's good for users to have options and we all benefit from the various contributions along the way.
Coverage․py 7.7.1, with some minor (I hope!) tweaks to the sys.monitoring support for Python 3.14. Please install 3.14.0a6 and try out branch coverage!
It will be faster, you won't believe it.
Another chapter in the never ending story of billionaire funded LLM plagiarism machines making life worse while trying to profir from the unpaid labor of others.
https://thelibre.news/foss-infrastructure-is-under-attack-by-ai-companies/
I don't even report Nicole anymore, as far as I'm concerned she has earned the right to send the same DM one million times
No formal wrap-up notes from Planet Nix, but who needs them when a picture says more than a thousand words?
One highlight? Engaging discussions with the 
@system76System76 
team about their COSMIC, which runs on Ampere hardware and, of course, #NixOS. Because at its core, a conference isn’t just about talks—it’s about the exchange of ideas, experiences, and that special sense of community.
🚀 Discover amazing apps in the GNOME ecosystem! Check out the GNOME Circle Initiative and explore the awesome projects that make GNOME even better.
🔗 Visit now: https://circle.gnome.org
is it okay to use four-space tabs in C code, or will people get mad at me if I do that and then put the code on the internet?
EFF’s Mario Trujillo accepted a James Madison Freedom of Information Award from the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists last night for his work helping independent news outlet 
@indybay quash an illegal San Francisco Police search warrant and vacate a gag order.
Read all about EFF’s successful defense of @indybay. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/victory-eff-helps-resist-unlawful-warrant-and-gag-order-issued-independent-news
Is there really not a standard to display battery status of Bluetooth headphones yet? The fact that I have to install a special app on Android to show if my AirPods are about to die is so silly.
Today's OSS workspace: The Montréal library!
End-to-end encryption just survived a major attack in France. This isn’t just a local victory–it’s a global message: Privacy and security are not negotiable. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/win-encryption-france-rejects-backdoor-mandate
Yes to this from 
@b0rkJulia Evans! It’s not just good a style rule for writing; it’s a general tool for good learning and good thinking. https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/114202062623687708
There's a #house for sale in the old fishing village of Whinnyfold on the #Aberdeenshire #coast. The location, views & walks are stunning, with abundant local #wildlife including #seals and nesting #seabirds including guillemots, razorbills & kittiwakes. The #property includes a bothy with power & central heating which would make an excellent #workshop or #artist #studio.
The current owners wish to sell to full-time residents, not for it to become a holiday home.
https://www.aspc.co.uk/search/property/430898/11-Whinnyfold/Peterhead/
End-to-end encryption just survived a major attack in France. This isn’t just a local victory–it’s a global message: Privacy and security are not negotiable. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/win-encryption-france-rejects-backdoor-mandate
A critical bibliography about LibGen, the pirate site that Meta used for AI training 🏴☠️
https://eve.gd/2025/03/21/a-critical-bibliography-about-libgen-the-pirate-site-that-meta-used-for-ai-training/
Yes to this from @b0rkJulia Evans! It’s not just good a style rule for writing; it’s a general tool for good learning and good thinking. https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/114202062623687708
the Atlantic discovering libgen exists and presenting it as something Meta did is way way way too funny
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/
you've heard of defined behavior, implementation-defined behavior, erroneous behavior, and undefined behavior but have you heard of vibe-defined behavior?
A Decision Maker's Guide to Typed Functional Languages • Evan Czaplicki
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://youtu.be/sl1UQXgtepE
[Well-Typed] GHC activities report: December 2024-February 2025
https://www.well-typed.com/blog/2025/03/ghc-activities-report-december-2024-february-2025/
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.well-typed.com/blog/2025/03/ghc-activities-report-december-2024-february-2025/
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