⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

Oh man, this news story. Former MLA from Winnipeg asks Meta's own "ask AI" chatbot if a phone number he found on Google is really Meta support. It tells him yes. It isn't, and he's scammed out of $500 and control of his accounts. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/facebook-customer-support-scam-1.7219581

Clappy Bird, with lasers, controlled by the crowd. Great work from @seb_ly at #emfcamp2024

Another day of downtime because I forgot that updating mod_phpX.Y requires me to update to phpX.Y-sqlite3. Quickly resolved, but.

Is there a way for me to specify local-only dependency changes in apt? As in, to say "I know that out in the world mod_PHP doesn't depend on php-sqlite3 but _here on this computer, for reasons_ it definitely is?

#Chromium (and #Chrome) begins phasing-out Manifest v2.

https://blog.chromium.org/2024/05/manifest-v2-phase-out-begins.html

This means, among other things, that uBlock Origin is about to be disabled in Chrome. Google will choose a different extension to recommend but it can not be as effective as #uBlock Origin.

Following #Google's example, may I instead recommend you switch to #Firefox.

Firefox will continue to support Manifest v2, and consequently uBlock Origin and other extensions that can not be implemented with Manifest v3.

Happy browsing.

Number two in my CMF Series 26 #MinifigureHabitats - this time it’s the turn of the Blacktron Mutant.
#AFOL #LEGO #BlockHeadUK

Come join me on stage A at 6pm, I have a laser! And will talk about some of my big projects #emfcamp

@JdeBP @cstross wait, there's MORE THAN ONE character for poo in Unicode?

I’ve started building #MinifigureHabitats for the CMF Series 26 figures. The first is Ice Planet including the robo-penguin ❄️
#LEGO #AFOL #BlockHeadUK

Just to recap, the guy who can’t shut up about how the 2020 election he lost was rigged just was convicted of rigging the 2016 election he won.

As always, try to live your life in such a way that most of the planet doesn’t erupt in joy at your criminal conviction.

@baldur

FYI, such devices will be illegal to sell within the EU soon. Hopefully Iceland can adopt similar legislation.
https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/01/08/eu-to-require-all-batteries-in-devices-to-be-user-replaceable/

"We will not raise the rate of income tax, VAT or National Insurance." promised Bozo and the Tories in 2019. And then they did. Today, they've promised that again. https://bylinetimes.com/2022/04/06/boris-johnson-conservative-broken-manifesto-promises-2019/

Once again entered the UK without being arrested, so the 2024 "Matthew doesn't get arrested" challenge is off to a great start

Thirty two years ago today, then Apple Chairman John Sculley previewed the company’s Newton technology at CES in Chicago.

#AppleNewton
#RetroComputing

https://web.archive.org/web/20191114083010/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com:80/archive/?date=19920529&slug=1494354

OK I am in #love

https://skins.webamp.org/

#retrolove #winamp #skin #mod #20s

Google's own researchers now say AI is a top vector of disinfo, in a paper that severely and obviously undercounts the problem

https://www.404media.co/google-says-ai-now-leading-disinformation-vector-and-is-severely-undercounting-the-problem/

@alexanderhay oh look, it's exactly what everyone said would happen.

I'm reluctantly letting go of my beautiful iMac g4, with its maxed out ram and ssd. It's a lovely machine and I would really like for it to go a good home, so if any UK based macthusiasts are interested and willing to pop to Dorset to pick it up, please take a look below:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166773283064

UK to examine 'sensitivities' in North around Sunak's military service plan for young adults https://jrnl.ie/6390106