Parienve @Parienve@qoto.org

I learned this morning of the passing of Akira Toriyama, the father of Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump, designer of Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger. Also, probably the artist who influenced me the most when I started drawing. Here is an old fan art I drew of Arale. My heart is really heavy this morning...

#akiratoriyama #toriyama #鳥山明 #fanart #krita

With 1 #transistor, I can make an inverter, a switch, or a not-very-good amplifier.

With 2 transistors, I can make a differential amplifier, a cascode, or a latch.

With 3 transistors, I can make a fairly good (Wilson) current mirror, or a Lorenz chaotic system.

20,000 transistors made a #computer that navigated spacecraft to the Moon and back.

But 10,000,000,000 transistors make a computer that's brought to its knees if it tries to interpret the Javascript used to load one #ad on a web page.

I just heard a ratio described as "a half gallon per cubic foot" and my mind touched the void

Doctor: You've tested positive for opiates.

Patient: Oh I had a bagel with poppy seeds earlier.

Doctor: Yes well you also tested positive for cannabis, LSD, and cocaine.

Patient: ...It was an everything bagel.

It’s here! Signal finally gets the long-requested username feature, making it possible to share your contact info without giving out your phone number. We've updated our SSD guide with directions to set it up. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal

Hi, I'm TProphet. I write the Telecom Informer column for 2600: The Hacker Quarterly.

Many of my subscribers missed the winter issue, because Amazon terminated 2600's contract to publish on Kindle.

It has been nearly 10 years since I published a sample column on my own "Telecom Informer" blog, but I hope you'll read this month's issue. It's one of the best columns I have ever written, and too few people have seen it because 2600 keeps getting de-platformed. You can read it for free here: https://www.telecominformer.com/2024/03/06/how-a-foreign-sanctions-block-list-nearly-shut-down-an-entire-us-communitys-phone-service/

Go ahead, click over there and read it. I hope you enjoy the column. And if you do, please come back here to read the rest of this thread. It's OK, I'll wait.

Dune got it wrong: cynicism, not fear, is the true mind-killer.

At least fear can motivate you to do something. Even if it's the wrong thing, you might learn from it.

Cynicism is the anti-motivator. It says hope is a lie, trying is useless. It says good isn't worth looking for.

I'm revamping "Good Tech Things" to be a source of anti-cynicism in tech: a place to celebrate the joyful, helpful, and just plain fun things people are building with technology.

Check it out:
https://newsletter.goodtechthings.com/p/cynicism-is-the-mind-killer

Support your #library. Even if you don't borrow anything:
- Stop in and get a card, to help their numbers
- See what services they offer. You might even need one.
- See what groups and events they might be hosting
- See what else they have to lend, other than just books

#publiclibraries
#libraries
#publiclibrary

Want to read some good news?
Check out this story about students at an University in Vilnius🇱🇹, that were able to stop an attempt to use only proprietary two factor identification methods 👏🏽

☑️https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230418-01.html

#SoftwareFreedom #PMPC #freesoftwarealternatives

"Meta will start collecting “anonymized” data about Quest headset usage

Info on hand/eye tracking, "physical environment," and more could be included"

Here we go again~ ​

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/02/meta-will-start-collecting-anonymized-data-about-quest-headset-usage/

#vr #ar #virtualreality #augmentedreality #facebook #privacy

Introducing usernames and phone number privacy on Signal!

We’re making it possible for people to connect with each other without having to share phone numbers. Now launching to beta users, available for everyone soon.

https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames

I found yesterday that hundreds of 2D Artist Magazine where uploaded to the Internet Archive, and I really enjoy browsing them for the quality tutorials, interviews and amazing artist portfolios. I thought some of you here might like it as well:
https://archive.org/details/2dartistmagazine

#archives #internetarchive #digitalpainting #MastoArt #computergraphics

Dear writers: Delete your Findaway Voices account NOW - Michael Lucas:
https://mwl.io/archives/23448

Finally hit publish on a draft I've been working on for a while now

"I worry our Copilot is leaving some passengers behind."

https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/copilot