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If someone contacts your organization anonymously from an alias email address to request further details about how you collect and process a certain type of data that isn't described in your privacy policy as mandated, be wary.
It is best to answer promptly, truthfully, and thoroughly.
It could be a privacy professional about to report you to the data protection authority.
#Microsoft are working as hard as they can to stop people using a piece of machinery without giving away your #privacy
I love my laptop and desktop but imagine sourcing your own components and assembling it all yourself. And after all that effort you are told 'You cant use it without our express consent'.
I have hated Microsoft for over 30 years. This just confirms i was always in the right.
"You must have an account to use a machine?" In what world is this ok? #linux
@lcamtuflcamtuf 
I thought it was a game controller when I first saw it: fire button on top, left and right buttons below.
最近 Gussy_ が Misskey_ にいて嬉しいよ
#NoKings 2.0
Saturday, October 18th, 2025
Republicans keep talking about paid protesters and paid social media posters on the left. Can someone please tell me where to send my invoice?
I built physical album cards with NFC tags to teach my son music discovery
Link: https://fulghum.io/album-cards
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45543475
As my burnout sabbatical from tech work goes on, I’ve been reaching out to more and more people I’ve thought of as friendly colleagues, and the conversations invariably, by the other party, turn to LLM coding agents, and I’m hearing a constant refrain
their belief comes down to: If you value ethics more than productivity, you do not belong in tech
we’re halfway through the decade of “hold my beer” and the past year has been particularly disillusioning, but this in particular, especially coming from people who’ve mentored me or whom I’ve particularly gelled with, has felt like an ongoing gut-punch
The European Accessibility Act will make the Web Better for Everyone https://lobste.rs/s/tvxihj #a11y #law #web
https://denodell.com/blog/a-better-web-for-everyone-everywhere
The criminal element is the federal government. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/chicago-ice-raid-arrest
RE: https://mastodon.social/@abeerabed22/115354892956424963
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To see how long it takes a command to run, type the word "time" before the
command name.
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
BuZZ-dEE ☮️ 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 shared the below article:
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) @hongminhee@hackers.pub
Optique 0.6.0 introduces intelligent shell completion to type-safe command-line applications, supporting Bash, zsh, fish, PowerShell, and Nushell. Unlike traditional CLI frameworks, Optique leverages the same parser structure for both argument parsing and completion, eliminating duplicate definitions and ensuring synchronization. Setting up completion is straightforward, with users generating and sourcing a completion script for their shell. The system works automatically with all Optique parser types, offering context-aware suggestions, including file system completion and custom logic for domain-specific value parsers. Additionally, the release enhances command documentation with separate brief, description, and footer texts, and introduces a `commandLine()` message term for clearer command-line examples in help text. Existing Optique users can easily migrate by adding a `completion` option to their `run()` configuration. This release aims to make Optique-based CLIs more user-friendly without sacrificing type safety and composability, providing sophisticated runtime features while maintaining compile-time guarantees.
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Went to Miguel's and found a box full of lovecraftian horrors
@lcamtuflcamtuf and the transducer is a selenoid? The humming sounds like it...
there are just as many birds underground btw
“And I realized, no matter how down I might feel, it is impossible not to feel just a little better listening to P-Funk. Like right now for example.”
immutable system과 atomic update 개념은 확실히 매력적인데, 이거 읽을 수는 있게 해주는 거겠지? ㅎㅎ
BIG PEERTUBE CO-OP UPDATE:
Last night, I interviewed the final steering committee candidate.
And just like that—it’s official. We now have seven incredible people (plus me) who’ve come together to co-organize this co-op.
Every single person brings something unique—skills, experience, heart—and it honestly feels like we’re assembling a dream team.
This moment is a turning point. We’re no longer just talking about starting a co-op. We are one in the making. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be shaping our mission, vision, and bylaws—the foundation for what will eventually become a fully incorporated BC co-operative.
It’s wild to think how far this idea has come in just two weeks. And we’re only getting started.
#PeerTubeCoop #PeerTube #Cooperative #Fediverse #DigitalCommons
RE: https://atomicpoet.org/objects/2289eb47-0f39-463d-a056-8568e12e70f3
Happy (National+) Coming Out Day, from your friendly neighborhood bi lesbian trans woman in tech!
Public service announcement: femininity is not scarce. If you want to be a girl, you can just be a girl. (Woman, etc) Same goes for every other gender and non-gender.
In the past, I used to think that all guys knew it was inherently better to be a woman, and it's just that life isn't fair and not everyone can. I'm happy to report that, while it's true that life isn't fair, if you think it's better to be a woman, you can just do it. (And it probably means you were one all along, for that matter) That's not a thought cis guys have. That's a thought that women have when they haven't realize that they are women yet.
This discovery, and subsequent transition, made a huge difference for me. My life isn't perfect, but it is so much brighter and richer. I am so much more alive than I was 3 years ago. Sometimes I wonder "jeepers, am I really doing this? Am I really a trans woman?" Then I remember how much more at home I feel in my body and mind, and remember that this absolutely is me.
(Ever feel like it was kinda gay for you to like women? Me too. Turns out I'm super gay for women.)
It is never too late to transition.
Lots of love to my queer and trans siblings today. 💜🏳️⚧️💜🏳️⚧️💜
(And send a DM if this post made your heart race and was kinda scary but also exciting. I've been there recently, I'll help you figure yourself out or suggest other resources if needed. You can do this!)
@lcamtuflcamtuf The name made me chuckle 😂
It is light controlled? It will close when the sun goes down?
@WarnerCrocker Friend of mine in the know worries now that, since one ICE guy managed to find the opening in the costume and shoot gas into it, that this will now deter costuming.
@GottaLaffLaffy I saw that. Although apparently on Amazon sales are still jumping. (Pun intended.)
Happy (National+) Coming Out Day, from your friendly neighborhood bi lesbian trans woman in tech!
Public service announcement: femininity is not scarce. If you want to be a girl, you can just be a girl. (Woman, etc) Same goes for every other gender and non-gender.
In the past, I used to think that all guys knew it was inherently better to be a woman, and it's just that life isn't fair and not everyone can. I'm happy to report that, while it's true that life isn't fair, if you think it's better to be a woman, you can just do it. (And it probably means you were one all along, for that matter) That's not a thought cis guys have. That's a thought that women have when they haven't realize that they are women yet.
This discovery, and subsequent transition, made a huge difference for me. My life isn't perfect, but it is so much brighter and richer. I am so much more alive than I was 3 years ago. Sometimes I wonder "jeepers, am I really doing this? Am I really a trans woman?" Then I remember how much more at home I feel in my body and mind, and remember that this absolutely is me.
(Ever feel like it was kinda gay for you to like women? Me too. Turns out I'm super gay for women.)
It is never too late to transition.
Lots of love to my queer and trans siblings today. 💜🏳️⚧️💜🏳️⚧️💜
(And send a DM if this post made your heart race and was kinda scary but also exciting. I've been there recently, I'll help you figure yourself out or suggest other resources if needed. You can do this!)
People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities". That is true, but also reductive. It is useful for everyone, as is generally the case with accessibility.
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I could use the "Translate" feature, and it would translate both the post and the transcription.
If you post in English, everyone who doesn't speak English fluently will benefit from ALT text.
quentin found the purrrrfect pillow
What does KDE Linux want to achieve? | Video essay
Oh my goodness, there's a time lapse feature for Krita.
Are there any Linux tablets with pen support?
https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/dockers/recorder_docker.html
I remember hanging out in a cafe with a programmer who was snarking on artists who weren't "smart" enough to use something like POV-Ray and make their 3d art with blender instead, why not just use code to make everything
And my friend, who's both a programmer and an artist, said simply: "sometimes you just want to use your meat hands"
@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber just so you know "Meat Hands" has just manifested in my vocab and will likely stick there
Milo has chosen a pillow.
I was at the grocery store the other day, wearing a mask, as usual.
A woman stopped me and said, "thank you for wearing a mask when you're sick."
"Oh, I'm not sick."
A realization seemed to come over her face. She then said, "oh, so you don't get sick."
I haven't been sick in over 5 years.
People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities". That is true, but also reductive. It is useful for everyone, as is generally the case with accessibility.
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I could use the "Translate" feature, and it would translate both the post and the transcription.
If you post in English, everyone who doesn't speak English fluently will benefit from ALT text.
In honor of our Portland frog protesters…
—
What kind of shoes do frogs wear?
Open-toad sandals.
New study: Employers realize that employees are too sick with #covid to work.
Official solutions offered: none.
#N95 to win the rat race #SamaraSARS https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2839932
![I come from a time where "OF" stood for Optifine
[screenshot from an older version of minecraft with the player using a steve skin and wearing an optifine cape]](https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/115/356/821/715/865/468/original/e210028f40fead31.jpg)
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root"—Abel Meeropol’s "Strange Fruits" is a haunting poem from the 1930s revealing the terror of lynchings in America. A powerful piece to reflect on history and justice.
Read the poem:
https://abhibhut.blogspot.com/2021/02/strange-fruits.html
#Poetry #StrangeFruits #LynchingHistory #BlackVoices #BlackHistory #SocialJustice #AmericanPoetry #blacklivesmatter #blackhistorymonth
Ya think?
Federal #Judges, Warning of ‘#JudicialCrisis,’ Fault #SCOTUS’ Emergency Orders
Dozens of sitting judges shared with NYT their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the #SupremeCourt releases opaque orders about #Trump admin policies.
#law #CorruptCourt #ActivistCourt #LegalEthics #judiciary
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/judicial-crisis-supreme-court-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
A decade after the Paris Agreement, global greenhouse gas emissions are barely rising, up just 0.3% a year since 2015, compared with 1.7% before. https://eciu.net/media/press-releases/2025/paris-agreement-at-ten-brakes-slammed-on-emissions-growth-finds-analysis?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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