⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

A lot of folks got very excited about the MacBook Neo — but Apple's been selling a machine with almost these exact specs for *years*. So what did the bright colors and rounded fonts really try to solve? Maybe Apple's embarrassment about serving Walmart customers. https://www.anildash.com/2026/03/08/neo-apple-embarassment/

I have a hunch. Ask her to click on the Dropbox symbol in the menu bar.

And indeed, there are the screenshots.

Because #Dropbox decided that they want to siphon off all their users' screenshots for data extraction reasons, they change fundamental aspects of how an operating system works, and confuse users (because stuff suddenly works differently than before) – and the people that support these users (because now I have to be aware of all the ways software like Dropbox can fuck up a system).

@malwaretech Perhaps, although most of us have left LinkedIn now since leaving US owned social media is European self defense.

#ChatGpt #OpenAI #Pentagon #US #War

FOX News claims they mistakenly ran old footage of Trump at previous dignified transfer ceremony -- critics say they did it to avoid showing him wearing a baseball cap this time

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy #OnThisDay

On 8 March 1978, Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was first broadcast over the airwaves on BBC Radio 4. The series follows the adventures of hapless Englishman Arthur Dent and his friend Ford Prefect, an alien who writes for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a pan-galactic encyclopaedia and travel guide. After Earth is destroyed in the first episode, Arthur and Ford find themselves aboard a stolen…

https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/03/08/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-onthisday/

I had no idea that Innis & Gunn had gone bust. What a shame - I liked its beer! I have no faith that Tennents will look after the firm.

Just days after Brew Dog too.

#beer #CraftBeer #Scotland

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89k5kxl1gyo?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email