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UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16
L: https://alecmuffett.com/article/134925
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46236738
posted on 2025.12.11 at 15:32:22 (c=0, p=6)
IT GETS WORSE: UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16
This is deranged, each nation’s boomers and reactionaries attempting to outdo the others: “Action to prohibit the provision of VPN services to children in the United Kingdom” … th…
alecmuffett.com · Dropsafe
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@jenniferplusplus/114310064961551420
And here we are
Instagram collects scary amounts of your data 🫣 Mastodon on the other hand - None! ✅
What do we learn? There are great services available that do not abuse your data.
Give your friend the nudge they need - they deserve better than Meta's constant surveillance 👉🏼 https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-delete-an-instagram-account
How do you spell color/colour?
The recording of the December 11th, 2025 #bhyve Production User Call is up:
We discussed Sylve/ARM64 progress, LibVirt issues, an OpenZFS wrapper in Go, bhyve configuration formats, libzfs, active and inactive bhyve management projects, vmnet bridged and routed networking, and more!
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org
bidicalc: a bidirectional calculator https://lobste.rs/s/v5umfb #math
https://victorpoughon.github.io/bidicalc/
The recording of the December 10th, 2025 #OpenZFS Production User Call is up:
We discussed the 2025 OpenZFS User and Developer Summit session recordings, libzfs, zpool upgrade behavior, APFS features, a User-Space OpenZFS proposal, the OpenZFS Test Suite, a European Summit, Zelta policy controllers, and more!
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org
난 개변태다 당당
if you aren't verified yet on bsky, CLAIM your freedom: become anyone you wish.
But Kristi Noem said they weren’t arresting U.S. citizens.
Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
Link: https://riviantrackr.com/news/rivian-unveils-custom-silicon-r2-lidar-roadmap-universal-hands-free-and-its-next-gen-autonomy-platform/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234920
Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 LiDAR Roadmap, Universal Hands Free, and Its Next Gen Autonomy Platform
RJ opened the first ever Autonomy and AI Day explaining why Rivian believes it is positioned to lead in this next phase of the industry. The company is leaning hard into compute, custom hardware, large scale AI systems, and a shared data foundation that touches every part of the ownership experience. Let’s break it all […]
riviantrackr.com · RivianTrackr
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you know, if you eliminate the word "just" (in the sense of "only" or "merely" rather than the sense of "fair") from your writing, not only will you avoid sticking your foot in your mouth with unexamined assumptions, but you'll also differentiate yourself from gpt slop.
On day 10 
@SteveFaulkner revisits the 1st rule of ARIA, which he originally formulated, and there's also something about beavers…I think. #HTMHellAdventcalendar
Disney is investing $1B in OpenAI, following Warner Music and UMG settlements with Suno/Udio.
Copyright-owning mega-corporations are slowly making their peace with generative AI.
Some big lawsuits (e.g., NYT) are still pending, but the emerging rulebook appears to be a toleration for training, and tightening control of outputs.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/disney-openai-sora-characters-video.html
Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools
Link: https://larr.net/p/namings.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234806
よろず Advent Calendar 2025 11日目の記事を書きました。ここ数年、勉強しようと思っていたハングルを調べて、まとめてみた記事です。
당했다... 오라클 클라우드 기본 클러스터 제한 1개다... 당황스럽다... 오늘은 작업하기 글렀군...
French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na9VmMNJvsA
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46231187
how it feels when the 
@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
post hits your feed
よろず Advent Calendar 2025 11日目の記事を書きました。ここ数年、勉強しようと思っていたハングルを調べて、まとめてみた記事です。
@lcamtuflcamtuf 
and so is disgust.
Remember Kilmar Abrego Garcia? Today, federal Judge Paula Xinis has granted his habeas corpus petition, ordering him released from ICE custody. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.589189/gov.uscourts.mdd.589189.111.0_2.pdf 1/ #LawFedi
Disney is investing $1B in OpenAI, following Warner Music and UMG settlements with Suno/Udio.
Copyright-owning mega-corporations are slowly making their peace with generative AI.
Some big lawsuits (e.g., NYT) are still pending, but the emerging rulebook appears to be a toleration for training, and tightening control of outputs.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/disney-openai-sora-characters-video.html
you know, if you eliminate the word "just" (in the sense of "only" or "merely" rather than the sense of "fair") from your writing, not only will you avoid sticking your foot in your mouth with unexamined assumptions, but you'll also differentiate yourself from gpt slop.
Amiibo Emulator Becomes Pocket 2.4 GHz Spectrum Analyzer
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/11/amiibo-emulator-becomes-pocket-2-4-ghz-spectrum-analyzer/
メッチャ眠い🥱
Bill Evans - Autumn Leaves
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #BillEvans
@Dio9sys 
@cR0wcR0w 
@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
@da_667 Last Christmas, I have you my bugs...
https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/ruijie-networks-cloud-platform-flaws.html
And the very next year, I gave dozens more.
We are also very excited that @hailey.at@bsky.brid.gyhailey is part of our Technical Design Committee! The initial TDC was selected by ROOSTers, but we aim to hold elections in the future. Along with community feedback and ROOST staff priorities, the TDC will help advise on our projects and priorities.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ku6pdrafvko2txpg44v6bfcp/post/3m7q3ewzizk2p
Democrats ask DOJ watchdog to prevent “tampering” with Epstein files
https://www.salon.com/2025/12/11/democrats-ask-doj-watchdog-to-prevent-tampering-with-epstein-files/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into News & Politics 
@news-politics-SalonNews & Politics
Or, capitalists can attempt to consolidate their control of markets by cooperating with, or even merging with, their competitors.
And this is precisely what we see in the actual economy, alongside the explosive growth of the scam economy: corporate consolidation.
> “We collect data on the size distribution of all U.S. corporations for 100 years. We document that corporate concentration (e.g., asset share or sales share of top businesses) has increased persistently over the past century. Rising concentration was stronger in manufacturing and mining before the 1970s, and stronger in services, retail, and wholesale after the 1970s.”
https://bfi.uchicago.edu/working-paper/100-years-of-rising-corporate-concentration/
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It’s a trope among capitalist ideologues that rising capitalist wealth does not make the poor poorer; rather, capitalists are increasing the overall amount of wealth available to be owned, making everyone better off, or at least no *worse* off.
But that’s not really true, because as the wealthiest among us continue to expand their ownership, they don’t merely accumulate dollars in accounts or material luxuries, but rather ownership of the assets that allow people to be productive in the first place. As the rich get richer, they not only own more stuff, but also the capacity to make more wealth.
Consider that, in 2020, billionaires increased their wealth by $3.9 trillion (https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-made-39-trillion-during-the-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccines-2021-1) while the rest of us became $3.7 trillion poorer (https://www.businessinsider.com/workers-lost-37-trillion-in-earnings-during-the-pandemic-2021-1).
This isn’t just a case of a bunch of people buying a bunch of stuff from those billionaires. Instead, those billionaires exploited our desperation not to sell us anything but to buy up all our assets in a fire sale, taking even more control of our productive capacity.
5/
ooooh THAT's the trick used by datatest-stable:
Atari Version Control System
My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2022)
Link: https://jeffhuang.com/productivity_text_file/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46236037
I search for a RISC-V core, and the first one I find... by 
@whitequark✧✦Catherine✦✧
I search for an editor plugin, and the first one I find... by @whitequark✧✦Catherine✦✧
I should probably just ask @whitequark✧✦Catherine✦✧ before searching for anything technology-related at this point.
Also just for context. I am reading papers with 7 million students in them; my wife, who is working on programming education, has a current project with more than a thousand students across multiple intro to programming courses. so "more than 500 students" is like, table stakes for these kinds of claims.
Listen. I really do care about this getting better, not yelling on social media.
If you are a tech person with influence and a platform and you struggle to think about the evidence about programming ability, or are trying to update your views on it, if you are struggling with this but can have compassionate and respectful conversation, you can email me. When my calendar allows I will set aside an hour to have a nonjudgmental coffee chat with you, as a psychologist colleague in this space.
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Age-verification laws now cover half the US, requiring IDs or face scans to access “harmful” content 📄
Advocates warn these mandates expand surveillance, increase breach risks, and could enable censorship under bills like KOSA ⚠️
Groups like 
@fightforthefuture.orgFight for the Future are pushing for safer alternatives 🛡️
🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/age-verification-is-sweeping-the-us-activists-are-fighting-back/
#TechNews #Privacy #DigitalRights #Censorship #Security #Data #AI #Policy #Internet #Safety #Freedom #Surveillance #USA #OnlineSafety #AgeVerification #US
The US is experiencing a Tourette's syndrome with Donald Trump being its mouthpiece.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115698604360170391
There's now free shipping on orders of 70 EUR and over.
Fewer services should be attached to mandatory customer humiliation rituals with "support agents" even if those agents are actual people and not useless "AI" timewasters
"Digital Sovereignty" as a term always has the implicit danger of fueling nationalist narratives. We should be finding better terms, I like 
@leitmediumCaspar C. Mierau 's "resilient infrastructure" framing.
just small circles 🕊
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