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Yesterday, I interviewed a tech guy who told me something too important for me to wait until the podcast comes out for you to hear it:
Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing. 1/2
European surveillance == American surveillance == Chinese surveillance == Any surveillance
WE?!!! How is it on us now to find out what this bullshit is useful for LMAO
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h4yqkw3o2smtmufmuvd4malb/post/3mcx3skxlhk2z
Yesterday, I interviewed a tech guy who told me something too important for me to wait until the podcast comes out for you to hear it:
Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing. 1/2
On March 2, we are going to try something different. Something in addition to the regular twice/year FediForum un-conference (so don't worry).
We will run an un-**workshop**, on a topic that many in the community have told us is very pressing for them:
How do we grow the Open Social Web?
When Elon bought Twitter now over three years ago, and every time X has been rocked by scandal since, many people expected a big exodus to decentralized social media platforms based on open protocols.
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졸려서 이만 자러 갑니다 안녕히 주무시고 좋은 꿈 꾸세요 고양이 사진 투척
Packaging 26.0 is out! Hopefully in time for pip 26.0. :) https://github.com/pypa/packaging/releases/tag/26.0 #releases #python #packaging
NO THANKS. #Privacy
"The new platform, W, will require identification and photo validation to ensure that its users are both humans and who they claim to be."
https://cybernews.com/tech/europe-social-media-w/
そろそろ寝ましょうねー
오늘 뭐였지 뭐 가입하면서 메일 입력하다가 한국 인터넷의 역사를 봐버린듯한
When it was clear that Microsoft were a threat to computing freedom I started to look for alternatives. I’d tried Linux on an old laptop and it didn’t work and the thought sort of festered for a while. One day during a nerdy perusal of the PC Bookshop in Holborn I saw a book called Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls and bought it. The guy on the counter upsold me an #OpenBSD cd set, telling me it was better than Linux.
So I tried it, liked it and have used it as much as possible ever since. So my standard for Unix-like systems, my normality, is OpenBSD. I expect a man page - not -h or —help. A man page. And I’ve come to expect a well written man page that tells me everything I need to know to use the command.
The problem of being born and living in opulence is that when you find yourself in luxury - it’s a step down. This is my experience with Linux. Yes, it’s better than Windows, but it is still a step down. And tools written for it and then packages for OpenBSD are almost always deficient in documentation. And this takes the shine off some very good tools because they are unusable without two blog posts and three Stack Exchange posts.
I won’t mention the latest package I’ve just faffed about with trying to work out what arguments it requires because the author of the man page didn’t simply add a few examples.
Something for me to do in the next few weeks and see if it gets merged.
When it was clear that Microsoft were a threat to computing freedom I started to look for alternatives. I’d tried Linux on an old laptop and it didn’t work and the thought sort of festered for a while. One day during a nerdy perusal of the PC Bookshop in Holborn I saw a book called Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls and bought it. The guy on the counter upsold me an #OpenBSD cd set, telling me it was better than Linux.
So I tried it, liked it and have used it as much as possible ever since. So my standard for Unix-like systems, my normality, is OpenBSD. I expect a man page - not -h or —help. A man page. And I’ve come to expect a well written man page that tells me everything I need to know to use the command.
The problem of being born and living in opulence is that when you find yourself in luxury - it’s a step down. This is my experience with Linux. Yes, it’s better than Windows, but it is still a step down. And tools written for it and then packages for OpenBSD are almost always deficient in documentation. And this takes the shine off some very good tools because they are unusable without two blog posts and three Stack Exchange posts.
I won’t mention the latest package I’ve just faffed about with trying to work out what arguments it requires because the author of the man page didn’t simply add a few examples.
Something for me to do in the next few weeks and see if it gets merged.
New in the Q4 2025 FreeBSD Journal: FreeBSD 15.0 Fixes and Features
We’re pleased to highlight this article from our Q4 2025 Journal. It provides an in-depth look at the key fixes and enhancements included in FreeBSD 15.0, outlining meaningful improvements to system stability, hardware support, and the overall user experience. It’s a valuable overview for anyone upgrading or evaluating the release.
Read the full article:
TikTok unlawfully tracks your shopping habits – and your use of dating apps
https://noyb.eu/en/tiktok-unlawfully-tracks-your-shopping-habits-and-your-use-dating-apps
#tiktok #tiktoktracking #usertracking #socialnetworks #tech #techprivacy #privacy #mobile #mobileapp #shoopinghabbits #datingapps #grindr #tiktoknews
(´・ω・｀)つU
おうちUbuntu 24.04.3 LTSさんです
$ sudo sh -c 'apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y'
:
The following packages will be upgraded:
gir1.2-glib-2.0 libglib2.0-0t64 libglib2.0-bin libglib2.0-data
4 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 standard LTS security updates
:
Service restarts being deferred:
/etc/needrestart/restart.d/dbus.service
systemctl restart getty@tty1.service
systemctl restart networkd-dispatcher.service
systemctl restart systemd-logind.service
systemctl restart unattended-upgrades.service
:
$ cat /var/run/reboot-required*
cat: '/var/run/reboot-required*': No such file or directory
でぃふぁーされたのどうすればいいのかわからないぁー
(´・ω・｀)つ
PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION!
If you are a Canadian citizen or resident, please sign this petition to the federal government.
It requests that gender affirming care be guaranteed for trans youth. This petition can save lives. Please sign it.
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-7005
Spread it as much as you can on your social media. Let's get this baby flying. I want them to get even more signatures than I did for my trans asylum petition three years ago. Please make sure you tell people that all residents of Canada are eligible to sign, but you must have a Canadian address to sign. If you are unhoused, ask somewhere local to you for an address you can use to sign it.
You will have to give an email address to it, which you must use to confirm you signed, or your signature will be invalid.
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Boosts not only invited, but crucial to the success of this very, very important social action. I'd love to see a million people sign it. You have my explicit permission to screenshot this post and spread it anywhere you want, on any social media platform you think will have Canadian residents to spread it to.
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The most that a petition before has gotten has been about 300,000. I want us to blow right past that, and roll that one up for tokes.
Canadians! Please join your trans neighbours in helping provide relief to trans youth. Speaking as a former trans youth, this would have changed my life completely. We can still do that for our neighbours' children.
Please help make it happen.
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New in the Q4 2025 FreeBSD Journal: FreeBSD 15.0 Fixes and Features
We’re pleased to highlight this article from our Q4 2025 Journal. It provides an in-depth look at the key fixes and enhancements included in FreeBSD 15.0, outlining meaningful improvements to system stability, hardware support, and the overall user experience. It’s a valuable overview for anyone upgrading or evaluating the release.
Read the full article:
結構いい感じかも？
This is what a true leader in North America sounds like.
@georgetakeiGeorge Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽 A speech for the ages.
This is what a true leader in North America sounds like.
so let me get this straight: it cost us $27M to switch from No Name brand to Becel?
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BLACKPINK’s Rosé and HUNTR/X have scored nominations for this year’s BRIT Awards! On January 21 local time, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) officially announced the nominees for the 2026 BRIT Awards, which is widely considered the most high-profile music awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. HUNTR/X, the fictional girl group from the popular animated film… Continue reading BLACKPINK’s Rosé And HUNTR/X Nominated For 2026 BRIT Awards
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Belarus state media is portraying Ham radio as a “spy network.” The reporting says 50+ held liable, 7 arrested, with charges that can mean life or death—and “evidence” includes logs + QSL cards 📡🚨404 story + reddit thread + sources...
https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/1qi1ic2/comment/o0phb13/
https://www.404media.co/ham-radio-operators-in-belarus-arrested-face-the-death-penalty/
https://nashaniva.com/385810
A bit of Ham history... Ham radio was banned in the USA during WW2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3qV13hnSaM
TikTok unlawfully tracks your shopping habits – and your use of dating apps
https://noyb.eu/en/tiktok-unlawfully-tracks-your-shopping-habits-and-your-use-dating-apps
#tiktok #tiktoktracking #usertracking #socialnetworks #tech #techprivacy #privacy #mobile #mobileapp #shoopinghabbits #datingapps #grindr #tiktoknews
House Oversight Democrats have published a Web3 is Going Great-style “Trump Family Digital Grift” counter
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/trump-family-corruption-tracker
This goes with their recent staff report, “Professionalized Corruption: How Donald Trump is abusing power and accepting digital kickbacks from foreign and criminal interests to cash in on the presidency like never before”
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/12026cryptoreport.pdf
(The report cites my writing on Trump’s USD1 stablecoin, published here: https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-83/#trump-business-interests)
This Friday folks in Minnesota, supported by labor unions, Indivisible, and others are planning a walkout. I would like to create an online site where we could collect and display messages of support. Does anybody here have technical skills to set up collection and generate display? I have some ideas re the former but I’m not sophisticated about this sort of project/workflow. DM if you are and can help.
nibble express: volume IV, book, excerpt (1984) https://archive.org/details/isbn_0912341157_4/page/6/mode/2up
The little spoon sure is getting big 🥰
#LemonTheCat #LucyGoosey #spooningcats #bigspoon #littlespoon #bestillmyheart #immelting #cats #CatsOfMastodon #pets #petsofmastodon #WhiskersWednesday #adorable #icanteven
Request: can anyone recommend Fedi servers (ideally on Mastodon) that would be suitable for a Canadian nonprofit org to make an account on? It would be especially helpful if the server was run by an org/group with a good reputation (easier to convince a board of directors that the platform is trustworthy that way).
(boosts welcome)
낚싯대에 집중한 고양이 보여줄게.
-PROTEST WIRD NICHT ABGESAGT-
Am Donnerstag ab 18 Uhr – alle auf den Luckenwalder Boulevard – für Menschlichkeit, Zusammenhalt und Demokratie!
Wir zeigen Haltung für ein Luckenwalde der Solidarität. Die verkündete Absage der Veranstaltung mit Martin Sellner ist Erfolg unseres Engagements!
Egal ob die Veranstaltung in Luckenwalde stattfindet oder nicht, irgendwo findet ein Treffen mit identischem Inhalt statt. #noafd #noib #luckenwalde #prüf #afdverbotjetzt
Repair and Reverse-Engineering of Nespresso Vertuo Next Coffee Machines
Belarus state media is portraying Ham radio as a “spy network.” The reporting says 50+ held liable, 7 arrested, with charges that can mean life or death—and “evidence” includes logs + QSL cards 📡🚨404 story + reddit thread + sources...
https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/1qi1ic2/comment/o0phb13/
https://www.404media.co/ham-radio-operators-in-belarus-arrested-face-the-death-penalty/
https://nashaniva.com/385810
A bit of Ham history... Ham radio was banned in the USA during WW2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3qV13hnSaM
Here is a list of fundraisers for Minneapolis school communities:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W2RAD545vGkewQhAVUwOQ2VTc101_zoHHMUZqv07HYg/edit
Some of these have pretty low bank accounts. Anything helps.
This is what a true leader in North America sounds like.
Before Amazon, Microsoft and Google built today’s cloud, computer scientists built PlanetLab, a pioneering system that linked servers at research universities across the world.
Led by Larry Peterson at Princeton University, PlanetLab allowed researchers to test ideas and build new, innovative computer systems and networks.
Dozens of services that are now key to the modern internet, including content delivery networks for streaming, were prototyped on PlanetLab.
bit.ly/4qYRFwm
Feds at my son's bus stop by the school. I guess they're gassing all of uptown, according to reports. I can't risk an encounter by driving in the area. Made a plan with school staff to keep him inside until they move on, then escort him to the bus. Now it looks like his mom will pick up and drop him off here.
Gonna be ok, tfu tfu tfu. Feeling shaken anyway
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Feds at my son's bus stop by the school. I guess they're gassing all of uptown, according to reports. I can't risk an encounter by driving in the area. Made a plan with school staff to keep him inside until they move on, then escort him to the bus. Now it looks like his mom will pick up and drop him off here.
Gonna be ok, tfu tfu tfu. Feeling shaken anyway
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