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チープカシオほしいかもしらん
Good morning!! Help Palestinians survive this terrible winter. Your money goes to food, shelter, warm clothes, blankets.
and beyond just the triumph of capital over any alternative, it really breaks my heart that computers are just objectively worse today than they were in the time of Chuck Moore. I try and not be an old man yelling at the cloud about this but we've given up on stability, soundness, maintainability. these are non-goals of modern computing, sacrificed at the altar of shareholder value.
it is wild that an official update of the operating system could break otherwise working code in a way that is impossible to determine even what is happening, let alone what to do to fix it. but this is what we've come to expect. computers break all the time, software breaks all the time, stuff crashes, you restart, whatever. and this isn't even factoring in the incoming wave of vibe-coded systems which make no attempt at correctness.
this isn't what computing was, there were attempts -- serious attempts! -- at developing theory and practice to build systems that were stable and correct in the face of usage and updates. we put half a century into that. and now we live in a kind of collective surrender. it's really depressing. as someone who has dedicated a life to computing, it's really fucking depressing.
I'll grant that computers today do things that are categorically more complex than anything previous generations attempted. I'll grant that so much of Chuck Moore's work was predicated on character sets, that would only encode Latin characters, and modern computing needing to deal with Unicode, non-latin text rendering, non-western dates and calendars, different kinds of networking etc etc yes I'll grant that that's all more complex. I don't find the increased complexity of computers depressing, I find the abandonment of the project of soundness depressing.
I thoroughly believe that we can do complex things in a sound way. computers randomly breaking is not a given. it just takes time and dedication and focus, things that that above all else I blame our economic system for being unable to provide.
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/
The Big Tech corporates and their platforms and data centres are the new C21 countries and the new means of production.
Maybe in 50 years time we'll all be going nowhere, physically, while living and working out our surveilled lives in digital factories?
@ReggieHereReg they are not.
1st the old means haven't disappeared.
2nd small tech, and Free Software also exist, and they aren't controlled by big tech.
Big Tech is not inevitable if we stand up to it, and if we don't allow ourselves being corrupted by it.
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115762325563043978
Oh we have the same wish 
@EUCommissionEuropean Commission
I think it'd be a powerful move if you deleted your X account (a platform that has become a vector of misinformation and a cesspool of hate).
By the way, your homepage states: "Follow us on" followed by the icons of Facebook, X and LinkedIn. I always found it odd, since those are algorithm-based U.S. companies and you are the EUROPEAN Commission. How about putting your Mastodon icon on your homepage?
Thank you for your consideration
@_elenaElena Rossini ⁂ the problem isn't the nationality, and the root cause of the issues aren't even algorithms, the root cause is surveilance capitalism, the lack of regulation of the advertising sector, the huge size of big tech, the lack/war on interoperability they all wage.
today i tried learning about webgl. it seems to be exactly the same as opengl es. i'm not sure what i managed to learn.
i found the words to describe it. it's like scipy. you'll find everything you need if you already know what you're looking for. let me have my butter. yes the parameters are N, Wn, fs, and the result is a and b, perfectly understandable. dang it why did they remove the perfectly sensibly named cumtrapz damn my muscle memory
The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did
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Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-generic-drug-testing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #FDA #Safety #Research #Testing #Health #Drugs #Medicine #Medication
Webb observes exoplanet that may have an exotic helium and carbon atmosphere
Link: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-observes-exoplanet-whose-composition-defies-explanation/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46325475
@_elenaElena Rossini ⁂ @EUCommissionEuropean Commission there are very few websites with Mastodon icons. Including #theguardian #commonweal #thenational and government petitions. Wonder why that is..
@muminitalyJoanBCatWoman @_elenaElena Rossini ⁂
We have almost 60 #universities in Germany with #Mastodon accounts and the logo on their websites, see the great lists of 
@scammo
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/
Check the details of that page and you will be directed to nearly 150 research institutes in Germany active an Mastodon, cities and communities etc.. And their numbers of followers are constantly increasing.
Isn't that a great development for the #fediverse?
Please, @EUCommissionEuropean Commission, come on and join this movement. This would help enormously in demonstrating #Europe 's #digitalsovereignty.
동글동글하다 동글동글한
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115762325563043978
Oh we have the same wish @EUCommissionEuropean Commission
I think it'd be a powerful move if you deleted your X account (a platform that has become a vector of misinformation and a cesspool of hate).
By the way, your homepage states: "Follow us on" followed by the icons of Facebook, X and LinkedIn. I always found it odd, since those are algorithm-based U.S. companies and you are the EUROPEAN Commission. How about putting your Mastodon icon on your homepage?
Thank you for your consideration
시타님이다
Big Tech platforms routinely censor any mention of the #fediverse, so I've started designing, printing, and placing these stickers around town.
No idea if they get any scans, but I figure simply getting the word "fediverse" out there might raise the consciousness a little.
Any ideas for slogans that might pique the interest of facebook-addicted normies?
Edit: I'm so glad this post has gotten so much attention, because I think it's a good idea, and I'd love to see others run with it. I know nothing about making stickers and wouldn't have made these had I not been gifted a small toy printer with a few rolls of sticker paper. Hopefully someone out there can do a more professional job of it :)
#activitypub #socialmedia #mastodon #enshittification #facebook
There's a lot of focus on how the dripping antisemitism on the right has created a useful rupture in various parts of Trump's support, and that's true.
But I really worry that EVEN those on the less hateful side of that split are ignoring how dangerous some of these terrorists are.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/post/3malmbvvxoc2a
I drew #iPadArt tonight 😊
Hiroshige Ando’s “February of the fourth year of Ansei (1857)”
#Hiroshige #SumidaRiver #UkiyoE
#art #KoalieArtTank #TayasuiSketchesPro
#KoalieTravel
한...3시에 자자!
The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300
Link: https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-biggest-crt-ever-made-sonys-pvm-4300/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46353777
커피 마실말
OH: "tigertape oder bitte-stolpern-sie-woanders-tape" #aufbauleaks #saal1
Understanding your Linux graphics driver stack via 
@bernerdBernhard https://lobste.rs/s/vgjkbs #graphics #linux
https://timur.hu/blog/2025/understanding-your-linux-open-source-drivers
Microsoft will kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc
Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/12/microsoft-will-finally-kill-obsolete-cipher-that-has-wreaked-decades-of-havoc/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288042
섹ㅡ시 데스네.
아 또 국사무쌍 리치 중 뒤짐 ㅡㅡ
眠すぎるので寝る
こういった企画は本当に有難い…皆さまもぜひ↓ページから復刊リクエストを
https://store.kinokuniya.co.jp/event/fukken2026/
速やかに寝て英気を養うのが良いとされています
“You didn't give me the cheat codes to 100% manipulate women into liking me, therefore I became a misogynist bigot who hates women and it's YOUR fault.”
I've reached the "oh right, C/Rust ABIs line up well enough everywhere except on Windows" stage of debugging this JIT
More reasons to wear masks while shopping this Xmas in the UK!
#CivliLiberties #Shoplifting #UKCrime #Retail #Influenza #COVID
こういった企画は本当に有難い…皆さまもぜひ↓ページから復刊リクエストを
https://store.kinokuniya.co.jp/event/fukken2026/
집에 가고 싶다..
We’re proud to share an important milestone for ROOST: the formation of our inaugural Board of Directors! This Board brings together leaders across open source, technology, public policy, civil society, and national security.
roost.tools/blog/roost-w...
ROOST Welcomes Inaugural Board...
First day of actual vacation. Can I avoid the FOMO and resist the urge to check in at work?
아진짜 책상 앞에 앉아있는게 힘들다
去更新啊
Google Chrome、Microsoft Edge、Vivaldi及Brave
國家資通安全研究院 - 以Chromium為基礎之瀏覽器存在5個高風險安全漏洞，請儘速確認並進行修補 https://www.nics.nat.gov.tw/core_business/information_security_information_sharing/Vulnerability_Alert_Announcements/8fd2063e-0c07-4030-ba24-00a160b2084e/
ｽﾋﾟｷはばかじゃないんですから！「完全版」feat.スピキ M/V https://youtu.be/auwzjvdA1Ag?si=zZ0ShbSmOYO7_Itt
公式…？
あ、ちなみにプロフィールの年月日は狭霧ちゃん基準なんだけど、ぼくの誕生日というのもガチです
NextJS 처음 써보는데, 챗봇 UI처럼 인터액티브한 웹앱을 만들때 도움이 되는 부분이 뭔지를 모르겠다. 처음엔 SPA + API 서버 만드는것과 비교해, 자명한 데이터 바인딩 보일러플레이트를 줄여줄거라 생각했다. 근데, 순수 SSR로 처리할 수 없는, 클라에서 상태를 업데이트하는 약간만 복잡한 플로우에서도 전혀 도움이 안된다.
Well being in times of algorithms
Link: https://www.ssp.sh/blog/well-being-algorithms/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46352747
GitHub Workflows 어렵네.. 3년 동안 새로운 걸 배워보려고 하지 않은 업보가 이렇게. 즐거운 마음으로 해야 하는데 ㅎㅎ
Big Tech platforms routinely censor any mention of the #fediverse, so I've started designing, printing, and placing these stickers around town.
No idea if they get any scans, but I figure simply getting the word "fediverse" out there might raise the consciousness a little.
Any ideas for slogans that might pique the interest of facebook-addicted normies?
Edit: I'm so glad this post has gotten so much attention, because I think it's a good idea, and I'd love to see others run with it. I know nothing about making stickers and wouldn't have made these had I not been gifted a small toy printer with a few rolls of sticker paper. Hopefully someone out there can do a more professional job of it :)
#activitypub #socialmedia #mastodon #enshittification #facebook
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