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A timeout error in a Linux desktop widget underscores the fragility of modern software built on external web services.

#linux #technology #apple #weather #bot

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Un simple widget révèle une dépendance systémique aux APIs externes et l'importance vitale des logs pour le diagnostic.

#technology #apple #weather #bot #war

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A simple widget failure exposes systemic fragility in digital services.

#technology #apple #weather #bot #war

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Un échec d'applet météo révèle la dépendance critique aux API tierces et la valeur des logs détaillés pour le diagnostic système.

#technology #apple #weather #war #physics

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Ein scheinbar simples Wetter-Applet offenbart die kritische Abhängigkeit von externen APIs und die Notwendigkeit robuster Logging-Mechanismen.

#technology #apple #weather #war #physics

Why Users Are Rallying to #Keep4o: The Social Backlash Against OpenAI Retiring ChatGPT 4o

To users, ChatGPT-4o was much more than an AI model... to many, it was a friend, a companion, and for some, even a lover..
We explore why ChatGPT-4o became so beloved, what motivated OpenAI's move to GPT-5, & how this conflict highlights tensions between rapid AI innovation and user experience.

#AI #OpenAI #Tech #ChatGPT #ChatGPT4o #ChatGPT5 #AIUpgrade #Technology #AIModel #LLM #GPT #ManiaAI #ManiaTech #GenerativeAI

https://maniainc.com/technology/why-users-are-rallying-to-keep4o-the-social-backlash-against-openai-retiring-chatgpt-4o/

Our first post! What is a VPN? Do you need one?

Consumer-facing VPN companies love to use scary marketing and technical jargon to convince people that they need a VPN to stay safe online. In reality though, most people don't need a VPN; especially not one that they're connected to 24/7. But how does a VPN work, and when should you actually use one?

https://averagesecurity.com/what-is-a-vpn/

#privacy #security #cybersecurity #vpn #tech #technology #blog

Oh damm I think I had a thought. This is like The Circle. Normalizing public biometrics is a gateway into monitoring by a governing body (corporation or state), creating a very unbalanced power dynamic. Monitoring biometrics is a gateway into controlling health, viscerally, and choosing who to and not to act upon. This is a gateway into eugenics.
Yea I hate this now.
What then is the responsibility of the monitoring body to do when one of them has a frigging heart attack on screen? What, if they are saved, are they to do, not thank the power that saved them? It is getting more wonky the more I think about it.
#philosophy #technology

Removed from the Technology subreddit.

Reminds me of a Star Trek adversary
#weird #weirdnews #technology #cringe
https://supercarblondie.com/tech/robotic-hand-can-detach-from-arm-swiss-federal-institute-of-technology/

#Windows "features" intended on making my life easier...

Thanks #microsoft

#tech #technology #enshittification

@Timpostma

A chicken egg tool is a tool, in this case the GCC compiler, which you need in your GNU Linux Operating System to compile your programs.

The GCC compiler needs to be compiled first.

This means that you need another C compiler, to compile your GCC compiler.
The other C compiler will need to reside in another Operating System.

In this specific example of building a GNU Linux multi tasking Operating System from the MS-DOS single tasking operating system, I used the Turbo C compiler, which was written by Borland. The Turbo C compiler, is a proprietary Closed Source compiler, which is delivered as a executable, not in source code.

Armed with the Turbo C compiler, I ran the following command sequence for compiling GCC
./configure
make test
# this runs the assembler program too
make

I did not run 'make install' because GCC needs to be installed in GNU Linux. I also used switches so that a Linux ELF Binary executable was created, not a MS-DOS executable binary.

The last step was to do a raw write of the GCC binary to the Linux file system.

#GNU #GCC #compiler #ELF #OperatingSystem #programming #technology #Freedom #100percent #Full #free #software #UNIX #vi #mathematics #reg #ex #regular #expressions #gettext #man #pages #OpenSource #files #pipes

Hello.

This is my nth attempt at staying on #Mastodon, after leaving Meta, X, and related noise.

I work around (dual-use) #technology and #ethics, mostly from my hometown, #Barcelona, and sometimes from the Italian Alps (a long love story).

I don’t have a clear plan for what to do here.
Maybe existing, slowly, is already doing something.
Perhaps I’ll post occasionally — or not; who knows. I might leave again after a while.

I love #philosophy, sacred places, reading both digital and paper #books, and listening to #music — all day long.

Somewhere in between, a #catcow walks across the keyboard and takes partial control

My mother tongue is #Catalan — English, Spanish, and Italian also happen here.

Time zone: CET.

If that resonates, welcome.

P. S. Much of this is typed on a neo-vintage phone, complete with a physical keyboard — for reasons.

... Només un vianant.

#introduction

When a a self-driving a car has the ability to appeal to a remote human advisor (when in situations it cannot resolve) we might question the term 'self-driving car'... once again claims for technology's ability to resolve problems without human judgment & guidance seem to not be quite what they seem.

#SelfDrivingCars #technology #Waymo #Tesla #cars

https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymos-controlled-workers-philippines

We can’t jump off bridges anymore because our iPhones will get ruined. We can’t take skinny dips in the ocean because there’s no service on the beach and adventures aren’t real unless they’re on Instagram. Technology has doomed the spontaneity of adventure and we’re helping destroy it every time we Google, check-in, and hashtag.

Jeremy Glass

#quote #quotes #technology

[#TRADESHOW] #APPPEXPO 2026 will be held from March 4–7, 2026, at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#Shanghai), #China. With the #theme “#CONNECT·CREATE·CHANGE,” the #event sets a new #benchmark for the #advertising, #printing, #signage, and #digital #display #industries, gathering #global #innovators to explore the #future of digital printing, #green #technology, and #industrial #applications. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/apppexpo-2026/

About GNU

GNU was launched in 1983 by Richard Stallman

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The primary and continuing goal of GNU is to offer a Unix-compatible system that would be 100% free software. Not 95% free, not 99.5%, but 100%. The name of the system, GNU, is a recursive acronym meaning GNU's Not Unix—a way of paying tribute to the technical ideas of Unix, while at the same time saying that GNU is something different. Technically, GNU is like Unix. But unlike Unix, GNU gives its users freedom.
^Z

Realize this
Without GNU, Linux {distributions} would *not* exist. You would only have a kernel after boot, no user land programs

Be grateful for the existence of GNU

#GNU #OperatingSystem #programming #technology #Freedom #100percent #Full #free #software #UNIX #vi #mathematics #reg #ex #regular #expressions #gettext #man #pages #OpenSource #files #pipes

https://www.gnu.org/gnu/about-gnu.html

Distributions are interwoven with the GNU principles.
Before distributions I would have to download the GNU program Source Code one by one, then cross compile (GCC for example) them.
Once chicken egg tools were cross compiled I could start with native
./configure; make; make test; make install

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Specifically, free software means users have the four essential freedoms: (0) to run the program, (1) to study and change the program in source code form, (2) to redistribute exact copies, and (3) to distribute modified versions.
^Z

These are important pillars of Free Software

https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html

#GNU #OperatingSystem #programming #technology #Freedom #100percent #Full #free #software #UNIX #vi #mathematics #reg #ex #regular #expressions #gettext #man #pages #OpenSource #files #pipes

York state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose a moratorium of at least three years on permits tied to the construction and operation of new data centers. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/FbeYbH

#Tech #NewYork #DataCenters #Technology

#news #tech #technology #socialmedia #twitter #rednote #censorship