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

Hard drive seeds have sprouted. They should add a platter every few weeks, and the outer shell usually forms by late September.

can we just collectively agree that any primarily obfuscated code is just malware and should be considered such

hearing that someone's writing an ads plugin for Mastodon

and I gotta say

any instance that runs that, I will defederate immediately.

Edit: Adding some clarification on what I think "ads" means, and why I have this stance, in replies.

Gigabyte been selling motherboard with hidden backdoors that can download and execute software, more than 270 models affected https://www.wired.com/story/gigabyte-motherboard-firmware-backdoor/

the existence of casual dining implies the existence of hardcore dining

Hi, I'm a professional storyteller, and here's today's PSA:

Unless the storyteller complains, your kids didn't do anything wrong. We are fine with wriggling, giggling, lying down, and whispering. If you tell them off after the performance, you kill the magic right there.

Kids wiggle. They ask questions, and comment on the stories. It's part of storytelling. Don't discipline them unless I ask for help.

#StorytellingPSA #storytelling #children

For my book on neurodiversity-affirming therapy for autistic people, I want to include some information for providers about the medical issues autistic people are more likely to have. NONE of my training talked about this, and it could help people to know what they might want to ask their doctor to test for.

Anyway please @actuallyautistic let me know what to include on that list?

#ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics

capitalists will be the death of the fediverse and i DON'T mean the big players like Facebook, i mean the shitty little FOSSbro capitalists who can't conceive of anything that doesn't need to be monetised.

Multichain has issued a statement that "we are currently unable to contact CEO Zhaojun and obtain the necessary server access for maintenance"

touch moss. it's far superior to grass and much more eco-friendly.

"TESCREAList" is the new "cryptobro"

/via https://nitter.net/xriskology/status/1655965412285202440

Also @tops asked me why these AGC trains are so bumpy

It’s because for some reason they removed the suspension dampeners from all of them

This shows where that would be mounted

My pics from the AGC I’m on right now

What tools would you use if you were wanting a dashboard that would show the status of a few servers in the cloud and maybe a few servers around your house?

I have three servers that need general logging in my cloud network, and one in my home network. And maybe I want to send some of my own personal laptop stats to it when the laptop is turned on.

I'm sorry if you're of the generation that's never used a dot-matrix printer. I still remember mine from the 80s and 90s, and they were dope AF:

- Made cool sounds when printing

- Paper as a perforated form-feed, and tearing the perforations after printing was *so* satisfying

- You could re-ink your own ribbons with whatever ink you had at hand

- Manufacturer wasn't trying to screw you at every possible term

- Software focused on birthdays cards and banners, not "business" or "out of cyan"