Sven Slootweg (🔜 WHY2025) @joepie91@pixie.town

can a UI designer (preferably one who works at microsoft) tell me why there's a link in windows settings labelled "changing taskbar colour", which opens a bing search in edge for "change windows 11 taskbar colour site:microsoft.com", with colours spelt the UK way, which shows zero results but has a suggestion box containing a button labelled "open colors setting", with colours spelt the US way, which opens a new tab which asks if you'd like edge to open settings, which opens the windows settings app to the colour personalisation page, only to have the "set taskbar colour" switch be greyed out

Here's a question for people in the US. When I was working for Big Human Rights(tm), one of the things I did was train activists in how to keep themselves as safe as they could while doing work that could put them at risk (e.g., LGBTI activists from countries that criminalised both homosexuality and public protest). A *lot* of resources already exist to help people know how to protect themselves...

When clams retract into their shell from threats, that has a cost. They can't eat or breathe new O2, and pulling the shell closed uses energy while staying open is "free". Many clams can habituate to repeated stimuli. It is a cost-benefit analysis that is always happening. Clams in captivity may stop closing altogether. I found that giant clams stay open in daylight to maximize photosynthesis of their symbionts, closing at night to protect themselves from predators. #clamFacts

Please tell me accounts who make really good alttexts. So, not only the bare minimum, but those who put joy and creativity into it.
Hit me!

Edit: I will add accounts under this toot subsequently for making outstanding alttexts (and not being shitty in other ways) as follow recommendations. Please feel free to do the same!

Edit 2: Translated whole toot to english

#OutstandingAlttexts
#Alttext

Dear publishers: It's simple... Hire transgender reporters to cover transgender stories.

alright it's been like 5 minutes and someone already responded with "hey would you kindly move to Frankfurt for us" to a fully remote job search

I got an idea this morning and made a thing. Also it's so satisfying everytime to publish a webpage!

https://insteadofai.site/

#indieweb #AI #web

After a talk with @theresnotime here on Fedi, I've released vthttpd on my GitHub!

vthttpd (Very Tiny HTTPD) is a #homebrew #HTTP #server software for #Nintendo #3DS consoles (forked from 3ds-httpd by dimaguy)

It includes *a bunch* of changes (way too many to list here!) and it was originally designed for a personal project of mine

I didn't intend to release this publicly at first, so some of the code might be a bit unpolished

https://github.com/RattletraPM/vthttpd

Lol, I accidentally managed to download the 6.40 firmware for this device, which is normally hidden behind a contract option (which is scummy imo, no security updates for you if you don't pay us yearly!)

Anyway I didn't think much of it, but now after the case has been closed I can't download it anymore LOL... Otherwise I would've downloaded the latest 6.60 firmware

Anyway, for those stuck on old ass firmwares: https://archive.org/details/hpe-msl-6480-6.40 :3

de tweede kamer is een terf armer! de aanleiding is wel wat jammer maar ja

i took a walk to the university this morning.

almaty is a very different place now than when it used to be 60 years ago. it's vibrant, energetic. a place where the new and the old meet.

today i was looking at those soviet-era panel blocks, from as low as five stories in height to towering highrise residential buildings. they were everywhere, sticking out of the ground, like the ribs of a dead beast buried in the sand, once existing but no more, in the heart of which we have woven a nest.

for fun, i used ebay's Personal Data request tool to extract out my ebay purchases from 2001 to 2010, so i could get a picture of how prices have changed over the decades when it comes to old computer/video junk

Aug 26, 2003: Ultima Worlds of Adventure: The Savage Empire
$13.49 USD
Currently: $100 USD

May 23, 2003: LC PDS style Ethernet adapter $5 USD
Currently: $50 USD

Apr 12, 2003 Druid: Demons of the Mind $2.99 USD
Currently: $40 USD

Apr 07, 2004 1988 Interplay Commodore C64 / C128 Game Neuromancer $9.99 USD
Currently: $150 USD

Apr 23, 2004 ULTIMA THE SECOND TRILOGY IV V VI BOX SET PC GAME $11.86 USD
Currently: $150 USD

Nov 10, 2004 PRINCE OF PERSIA (SEGA CD) EXCELLENT CONDITION $5.00 USD
Currently: $50 USD

As you can see, it's approximately a 1000% price increase on retrocomputing products since 2002. Without having to show you the entire history, the price stayed relatively flat until about 2010, when it started to creep slowly, and then went up several orders of magnitude by 2015-2020.

It's a silly, bad time to buy old computer games on ebay. prices are still hyperinflated (starting to drop, very slowly).

i've bought almost everything i have locally, for $5-10 each, just by keeping an eye on local listings - and ignoring the people trying to sell at ebay prices.

if you want to see your entire ebay history, you can request it here. it takes about a week to get your history.
https://www.ebay.com/help/account/requesting-personal-data/requesting-personal-data?id=5089

#retroComputing #retroGaming