⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

The cost of hosting and credit card processing is going up, and the number of platforms we can advertise on is going down. When #Ofcom start enforcing the policy next year #AgeVerification could be the nail in the coffin for many niche porn producers.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/3-ways-age-will-116899095

I've written about the new #OnlineSafetyAct rules from Ofcom and what they mean for small website owners.

I've tried to be reasonable in my interpretation and my criticism. Feedback welcome!

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/food-safety-vs-online-safety/

Any recommendations for someone who can repair a Voodoo 5 5500?
Enabling the second VSA-100 chip on my card causes black screens, so I'm guessing either the BGA is failing or it has bad RAM, but I am not set up to do these kinds of repairs.

#retrocomputing

Aaaaaand that was the exact moment I switched to Firefox on Windows.

Apple called on to ditch AI headline summaries after BBC debacle

'Facts can't be decided by a roll of the dice' Press freedom advocates are urgin Apple to ditch an "immature" generative AI system that incorrectly summarized a BBC news notification that incorrectly related that suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione had killed himself.…
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/12/20/apple_ai_headline_summaries/

$44 billion to buy Twitter looks like the biggest bargain ever. From that seat he controls the spending of Congress. The budget deal he just killed would have spent hundreds of billions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/politics/elon-musk-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik4.duPB.d-mLpNEjBSwZ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#MAGA War on Christmas.

If you run a UK-based fediverse instance, worth noting you now have 11 weeks to do a risk assessment and become compliant. If you're interested in a compliance training session with ofcom, doing some collective bargaining on compliance terms, or just finding out more about what's going on, this newsletter may be of interest https://buttondown.com/indie-and-community-web-compliance-/archive/1-quick-update-and-request-for-info/

#BOFH excuse #83:

Support staff hung over, send aspirin and come back LATER.

Mild, yet modern curses to cast upon your foes.

• May your shower curtains cop a cold feel when you least expect it
• Free Copilot in your GitHub account
• Woe, JIRA be upon ye

HR: What do you think you do here?
Me: I'm the wizard keeping the digital realm from imploding. You're welcome.
HR: No, as in your official role within the company.
Me: Job?
HR: What do we pay for?
Me: Ah, that. Linux Sysadmin. But 'digital overlord' has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

Water bills are going up in the UK because of record investment in fixing the pipes etc.

Just imagine what it could've been like if the companies hadn't been privatised and run for profit generating money for shareholders.

Does anyone have transport for jumping between dimensions. I think this one is a bit shitty.

I have actually had #GitHub #Copilot enabled for me for free for several years and I can tell you the exact number of times I have used it: zero (0)

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Signal #privacy
So proud of my family. After two years of badgering them about privacy, this weekend the entire 10 member family group text chat moved to Signal. Even my 73 year old sister, who thinks she is the matriarch of the family and still can't do a Zoom call, said just tell me how to do it and less than 2 hours later she was on. ❤️ OK...I'll work on the Amazon problem next.

🚨 Today, we have filed our second complaint against Ryanair.

👉 The airline nudges customers towards a highly invasive biometric facial regonition process to verify their account.

👉 Customers are also forced to create a permanent Ryanair account

https://noyb.eu/en/want-book-ryanair-flight-prepare-face-scan

Framework 13 AMD Review on Linux: Almost Perfect (and a Capable Gaming Machine!): https://boilingsteam.com/framework-13-amd-review-on-linux/
#framework #laptop #linux #linuxgaming #update #release #hardware #gaming #proton #steam #review

#HomeAssistant opened the annual user survey, link is in the blog posting. If you are a user, go and help shaping the next features.

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/12/16/community-survey-2024/

#Automation #HomeAutomation

Folk, be really careful with believing anything you see.

My fellow sent me this:

1/2

Last night I finished up The Mercy of Gods by "James SA Corey" (the guys who wrote The Expanse.) It was a mixed bag for me. As many have previously noted, I mostly found it dark and depressing, although it kept my interest and was mostly well-written. It reminded me of a modern take on an old school scifi story from the 50s or 60s... It's the 1st book in a new series & apparently destined for an Amazon Prime show, which I have very mixed feelings about. Fingers crossed. #scifi #book