⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

Yikes. We seem to be going through a revolution in small-unit military affairs the like of which we haven't seen since 1914-18 …

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1822700758736818301.html

Yesterday, I finished binge-watching The Expanse series. It's good. I liked all seasons. The attention to detail is amazing. For example, because it takes place a few hundred years in the future, Manhattan is protected from the sea level rise by seawalls.

expanse.fandom.com/wiki/The_Expanse_Wiki

#scifi #ClimateChange #tv #TheExpanse

Maybe the Apple/Patreon thing finally gets us enough momentum for a cross-industry “You Don’t Need an App for That” campaign?

This is just priceless:

Ukrainian soldiers have begun reviewing Russian restaurants and cafés on Google with wonderful compliments along the lines of

“Excellent food, but the parking spaces were too small for our Abrams tanks”,

and

“Great service, but the restaurant did not have tables for all 2,000 of us”,

etc., etc.

Enjoy Vladimir!

😀

Someone hacked into my computer and made it launch 500 copies of DOSBox.

That's right. It's a DOS attack.

Just discovered that Acrobat Reader on phones has “liquid mode”, which reflows a two column PDF to be single column on a phone screen. Finally. Does any other PDF reader have this? It’s really important and will save me having to do terrible conversions to badly formatted epubs

Framework Laptop 13 With Intel Core Ultra Series, 2.8K 120Hz Display

Back in May the folks at Framework Computer announced Framework Laptop 13 support for the Intel Core Ultra Series 1 (Meteor Lake) alongside announcing a new 2.8K 120Hz display option, a new web camera upgrade, and new colors for their expansion cards. Today marks the review embargo expiration with the hardware now shipping. Here's my initial look at the Intel Core Ultra …
https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-13-core-ultra

If you have an Apple device and have installed the Patreon app, delete it now. Use the mobile web or desktop version.

Why? Because Apple is forcing Patreon to force the creators on the platform to give an additional 30% to Apple.

This is unconscionable, but then again we're talking about Apple.

https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon

Hey friends, I’m trying to keep my family afloat. Work is rather light on ATM.

Things i can do for you:
* design and build custom one off machinery/tools/electronics/toys/cosplay
* research recommend and deploy iot solutions
* build hardware firmware and software
* manage teams/projects
* commissions for flash fiction (see bio)

Accepting work anywhere in the range 30min to full time.

One man decided to take on #GoogleMaps, 20 years later #OpenStreetMap is still going strong

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/10/one-man-decided-to-take-on-google-maps-20-years-later-openstreetmap-is-still-going-strong/

#Google #maps #navigation #FOSS #privacy

My biggest take away from defcon is that I need a job. After I quit my last gig I was toying with the idea of just cutting my expenses and semi-retiring, but after attempting to do defcon on a budget I realized budget vacations suck and consciously choosing to have less money is actually insane.

Fuck Apple.

If you ever know someone who has been caught up in a Big News Story, DO NOT SPEAK TO THE MEDIA, not ever.

You cannot sway the discourse unless you are very well trained to do so. Your words will be used to prove whatever people want to prove, not what you are saying.

The kindest thing you can ever do for someone you love who has become a person of interest to the global news media is say "no comment" and tell everyone else who knows them to do the same.

@acidiclight @aks The key property with #Debian here is: I get to choose my own blast radius.

Do I need the latest features of package X? (This has, at times, been the case for me with #digikam) OK fine, build it, flatpak/docker/whatever. Otherwise, my system gets to stay stable.

5/