Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

@njion www.vice.com/en/article/y3paxb/3d-printed-blowjob-powered-dildo-keyboard-gagwriter-diy

I swear fedi is the only place on the internet where I regularly see shit like:

"CW: software development, open source, kink, nsfw, drugs"

and I absolutely love it

thinking of how formerly open source corporate like Red Hat or HashiCorp are migrating to more restrictive licenses because they don't want the Big 5 to appropriate their labour, while FOSS people still reject ethical and anti-capitalist licenses in favour of Freedom 0 dogma, even after being repeatedly backstabbed by Apple, Google etc. and after watching their free labour bankroll the likes of Anduril or the IDF.

PSA: how to keep using ublock origin on chrome
a lot of people are using this as an opportunity to switch to firefox, but some people need to keep using chrome for some things, or just prefer it in general. so:

https://gist.github.com/velzie/053ffedeaecea1a801a2769ab86ab376

Adobe is trying to claim right of access to all of your projects for them to use to train their "AI," regardless of things like NDA, meaning that they are willing to violate HIPAA laws, FERPA laws, and any number of binding civil structures:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/06/06/adobes-new-terms-of-service-unacceptably-gives-them-access-to-all-of-your-projects-for-free

If you're in the US, you can contact the FTC here: https://www.ftc.gov/media/71268
and provide them with this contact information
Adobe
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110-2704
Tel: 408-536-6000
Fax: 408-537-6000

I don't know the specifics of the process in the EU, but here might be a good place to start:
https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection_en

The cool thing about cracked adobe products is that blocking their access to the internet is usually part of the crack. Piracy and privacy are besties

Wieder mal großartig: #TomGauld

So Microsoft is shipping a new feature in Windows 11 called Recall, which takes screenshots of what the user is doing every few seconds, and then feeds it into OCR.

And I've read a number of people describe it as useless.

But I disagree.

I'm sure plenty of people will find it very handy.

For example, your friendly local law enforcement agents and prosecutors are likely to find a feature like this very useful.

As will the NSA, the other three-letter agencies in the US, and intelligence agencies around the world.

Including the ones in authoritarian states. A couple of back doors, and it will be so much easier keeping track of who's been typing naughty words like "Prigozhin", "Navalny", or "free Hong Kong".

Not in the state surveillance business? No worries!

Assuming this data isn't locked down properly — and we are talking about Microsoft here — it's sure to find plenty of more mundane uses.

Perhaps for bosses who will no longer need to install keyloggers to snoop on their staff.

Or jealous current and former partners.

Mark my words, this poorly-thought-through attempt to shove LLMs in another place they don't belong to temporarily spike Microsoft's share price will find its uses.

And the next computer I get definitely won't be running Windows.

#LLM #AI #GenerativeAI #Microsoft #Recall #Windows #Linux #OpenSource #Infosec #Apple

So, vimm.net just lost a lot of games.

If you have any spare storage or storage media I ask of you to archive some ROMs, even one game file is beneficial. Just get that random USB and put some games on it,

We need to preserve old games. I have several small drives with some romsets, but its not enough, we need into work together :3

Here's a rough guide:

If you has sub 5 GB
Focus on cartridge consoles

If you have a lot of storage
Try to archive optical systems too

Please boost, let's try to coordinate.

And also don't forget bios files

#retrogaming #gaming #psa #retro #emulation

i wonder why this hasnt been done yet

Naomi Wu and NukitToBeSure have published an Open Air Purifier Laser Cut Enclosure Builder that lets you input the size of your filters and your fans etc. to generate a file for your laser cutter to help you build your own PC-fan #CorsiRosenthalBox . And the lovely person of Clean Air Carborro Chapel Hill futzed around to find the right dimensions for the IKEA Starkvind filters (unlike furnace filters these are easily sourced around the world)
https://www.filterboxbuilder.com
#IndoorAir #CovidIsNotOver

Vandaag is de #fatbike weer de gebeten hond (terecht imho) en morgen weer wat anders. Wat al die zaken gemeen hebben is dat ze weinig op hebben met #GemeenschappelijkeRuimte (te grote auto's, te snelle fietsen, te grote kratjes, te dit, te dat). Dat begon ooit met de auto en we zijn doorgegaan met het weggeven van openbare ruimte aan private dingen die anderen een prettige omgeving misgunnen. En uiteindelijk de gebruikers zelf eigenlijk ook. Hoe krijg je dat laatste bij mensen in hun hoofd?