Amikke @Amikke@qoto.org

hey guys isn't it soo annoying when you're using an encrypted messaging app and it tells you "could not decrypt" haha

good news: we're working hard on making this illegal. in a way

FYI the ebook of Old Man's War is going for $1.99 here in US/Canada at (most) ebook stores, for, I think, today. Get it! Cheap! And then buy all the rest of the series including the upcoming seventh installment, The Shattering Peace! The cats need tuna!

@foone

I am reminded of Pulse on BeOS, which would allow you to disable CPUs on a multiprocessor system by simply unchecking a box in the UI.

There was nothing stopping you from disabling all CPUs.

For 20 years Mozilla has developed one of, if not the most useful tools that web developers have.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/mdn-turns-20/

Congratulations to the MDN team on such an awesome milestone. I'm happy that we've played some small part in its history and I'm excited to see how it continues to be central to every web developers job.

quack!

Python slithers to the top of the programming language leaderboard

After helping five friends in the last two months transition from #windows to #linux here are my thoughts:

1. Show case both #kde and #gnome before you pick it form them. 2/5 Decided to try KDE because it reminded them of Windows and the rest wanted Gnome because they where tired of windows UI
2. Do not fill their head with distros, go with one where it is easy to get support. I went with @fedora as it is the one I know best and like the resource for. So far only one has swapped (to Ubuntu)

@dracula POV: You updated arch

thank goodness we haven't backslid on the quality of our graphical user interfaces by making everything a fucking webpage.

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I reverse engineered the firmware loading utility of a $17 beauty salon spectrophotometer to load the firmware of its "big boy" sibling:
https://adam.zeloof.xyz/2025/07/10/x-rite-pantone-spectrophotometer-unlock/

As I always see people sharing links to Spotify, Apple Music and other services directly, I want to mention Odesli for a second.

https://odesli.co/

It's also known as Songlink, as it generates links like this.

https://song.link/i/589038355

And also as Albumlink, as it generates links like this.

https://album.link/i/1528027446

It can also do links for albums and podcasts.

It only takes a few seconds to generate but saves everyone a lot of time.

Odesli will generate a page that links to all possible music services where the song, album or artist can be found. Including services that aren't that mainstream.

So maybe you can take the time the next time you want to share an album or song and generate a more accessible link for everyone. 😊

#Music

A great moment in classic interactive fiction:
#DOSGaming

I feel like I know at least one person for each of these options...