Amikke @Amikke@qoto.org

terrible fact of the day: specifically the "recommended" section of the windows 11 start menu is written in react native for some fucking reason

🤖Unless you opt-out by May 27th, #Meta will use your data from Instagram and Facebook for #AI training. noyb is now looking into taking legal action.

Read more here: https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-sends-meta-cease-and-desist-letter-over-ai-training-european-class-action-potential-next-step

🙅Here's where you can object:
🔹https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/712876720715583
🔹https://help.instagram.com/contact/767264225370182

Announcing: https://justaqrcode.com.

Tired of "free" QR code generators that are full of ads and trackers, that share your data, and that want to sell you something? Me too. Here's my act of resistance: I made a one-page site that works entirely in your browser to generate a simple QR code. And that's all it does. You can download the HTML page and run it locally, even. Read the source; nothing up my sleeves. Just a QR code.

My offer to you -- I will continue to pay for the domain name and web hosting for it, myself. If you find it valuable, you can pay it back by creating your own useful thing for the world and releasing it for free. Let's take back the friendly web, one vexingly-monetized utility at a time!

#QRcode #Free #FriendlyWeb #Resistance

github actions have github consequences

(Netzfund, nicht von mir)

Obsessed with the amount of spite it took to make this map:

I’m convinced every cast-iron skillet is a cursed object. Impervious to metal but damaged by plastic? Cleaning them weakens them and leaving them dirty makes them stronger?

Fedi via Teletext has to be one of the best ideas I've had in a while

@desea
FUCK YOUR LICENSE

You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from this work.

You may not view, access, or use this work in any way. You may not download, install, or execute the software described or contained in this work.

You are not allowed.

The author of this software denies ever creating it. This software doesn't exist, and is a figment of your imagination. You are insane.

If you are seeing this notice, you are doing so without permission. Just seeing these words means you're a pirate. Arrrrrrrr.

If you attempt to reproduce, distribute, create derivative works from, view, access, modify, download, install, or execute this software in any way, you are in violation of this license and are probably in violation of some bullshit laws that some officious prick of a lawmaker decided on without your consent or knowledge.

Fuck you and fuck your license.

Today Melissa Lewis over on BlueSky pointed out that the font used nin the infamous "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign was actually designed by Just van Rossum, whose brother, Guido, created the Python programming language (bsky.app/profile/melissa.news/post/3ln7hx5rhcj2v)

She also pointed out that the font had been cloned and released illegally for free under the name "XBAND Rough". Naturally, it would be hilarious if the anti-piracy campaign actually turned out to have used this pirated font, so I went sleuthing and quickly found a PDF from the campaign site with the font embedded (web.archive.org/web/20051223202935/http://www.piracyisacrime.com:80/press/pdfs/150605_8PP_brochure.pdf).

So I chucked it into FontForge and yep, turns out the campaign used a pirated font the entire time!

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