This is a wonderfully written piece on the manner in which LLM should be considered

https://c.im/@reading_recluse/116113830870058072

#LLM #generated #Slop #AI #books #configuration #technology #programming #Google #Alphabet

Thunderbird next?

Based upon the track record of Mozilla it's just a question of time before the programmers find a way of integrating large language model slop into the beautiful and elegant Thunderbird

Look closely; every time Mozilla is begging for money when you start up Thunderbird after 2 or 3 days of not having used it. It's annoying I haven't looked for a way to turn it off I stopped being annoyed about it after having faced it for sixteen times

This happens cross platform which means it is baked and hard coded into Thunderbird

@Cosmosis @rl_dane

#LLM #generated #Slop #AI #Mozilla #Firefox #OpenSource #configuration #technology #programming #Google #Alphabet

Keep on going! 🖤 #Sabotage

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying #Flock surveillance cameras!

Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage….

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/across-the-us-people-are-dismantling

#USA #Surveillance #activism #Technology #ICE

Up to now, with all LLM things that Mozilla has done, you can just turn them off. I just shrug and turn them off

How is it in this case?

Can you turn this feature off, if so where?

You do realize that because Google literally funds Mozilla, they will keep doing these bad things, opting in users without permission
Maybe you should not use anything that the Mozilla makes anymore, otherwise you will just be annoyed and disappointed Time after Time. The Mozilla team is literally choked by Google, financially choked.

Wishing for their destruction is deeply emotional

These annoyances disappointments & irritations are not good for your health, my internet friend.

IMHO you should leave all Mozilla products behind, then be in Peace again.

Sending you
🦋💙❤️💋 #UniversalLove 💙💕🌹💐💙🦋

@rl_dane

#LLM #generated #Slop #AI #advertisment #Mozilla #Firefox #OpenSource #configuration #technology #programming #Google #Alphabet

"Complete lack of innovation ... anywhere" at CES this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-u5tlhEhK4

#ai #technology #industry #computers #consumers

A composition of my Red Bass tinted towards Magenta, warmed up to 85F. I use JOYO pedals and various effects in my effect rack, in the signal chain.

Analog Signal Path

Bass guitar Ibanez

Instrument Mixer
Mixing Console
Aux0 send Effect rack unit0 channel 0
Aux1 send Effect rack unit0 channel 1
Aux 0 return Master Bus channel 0
Aux 1 return Master Bus channel 1
Master faders
XLR output 0 1
Headphone Amps 0 1 (4 channel x 2)
1/4" output 0 1
Digitizer input 0 1
DAW

#music #JOYO #pedals #effects #Bass #Guitar #Ibanez #Japón #technology #Audio #music #signal #flow #technology

Hollywood’s Fight Against AI Lays Bare Photography’s Weakness by Comparison https://petapixel.com/2026/02/22/hollywoods-fight-against-ai-lays-bare-photographys-weakness-by-comparison/ #artificialintelligence #photoindustry #photography #Technology #Editorial #copyright #hollywood #Industry #Opinion #rights #genai #oped #ai

Linus Torvalds — Talks about AI Hype, GPU Power, and Linux’s Future

Here Linus Torvalds Speaks on a calm and relaxed energy level, on the LLM hype how it affects kernel development and open source. The mothods how recent Linux kernel hardware like GPUs and APUs from different companies like AMD has modified the Linux's kernel role.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjGHrDnPxwI

#programming #LLM #AI #slop #kernel #configure #make #assembler #linker #makeInstall #Linux #openSource #technology #mathematics #linear #algebra #linearAlgebra

Your Headphones Are Lying to You (Here's Why)

In this vid you will learn how headphones, studio monitors, and acoustic treatment, help your mixes sound better (and when it's time to upgrade)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qEekKjwvWs

#Audio #PA #Studio #Sound #monitoring #headphones #StudioMonitors #signal #chain #SignalChain #analysis #technology

The first issue of Choosing Europe starts with a simple question:

Why keep our personal #email inside big-tech ecosystems when solid European alternatives exist and actually respect our privacy?

It also features a selection of European films, albums and podcasts worth discovering.

Read it here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/choosingeurope/p/1-your-email-provider-matters

#Europe #Privacy #Culture #DigitalSovereignty #Technology

RE: https://mastodon.world/@somecanuckchick/116087272039854125

HOW ABOUT THESE AI COMPANIES PAY PREMIUM RATES FOR STORAGE AND ENERGY... AND NOT MAKE EVERYBODY ELSE SUBSIDIZE THIS BS?!?!? #internet #technology #noonelistenedtosarahconnor #parasites #leeches #corporationswantafreelunch

you lovely people on the fedi found me the best #vpn i’ve ever used: @mullvadnet

and now I am turning to #askFedi again about #eSIM when travelling in #europe / #eu. i’ve seen a lot of ads for #saily, but i’m curious if there’s a hidden gem out there?

#technology #travel #sim #mobile #roaming #data #question #advice

An 18-year-old who allegedly killed eight people in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, reportedly used OpenAI’s ChatGPT in ways that alarmed the company’s staff. They debated calling police but ultimately chose not to, according to a Wall Street Journal exclusive. ChatGPT transcripts weren’t the only concerning part of the shooter’s digital footprint. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/eNooRW

#Tech #ChatGPT #AI #OpenAI #Technology #TumblerRidgeShootings

"You are being misled about #renewable #energy #technology." This #video is good to #share. It's even better for a #watchparty.

"If you're not sure why people are excited (and also angry) about #renewableEnergy, this video will hopefully explain."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgxb8I1nk2I

He cites his sources.

Apple, it's not that hard: make a space black Magic Keyboard in both 75% and 100%
#Apple #Keyboards #Technology

Adam wrote some words that ask: is tech a religion?

https://adamthropology.ghost.io/thoughts-on-tech-agnostic-introduction-beginnings-of-seeing-tech-through-a-religious-lens/

#technology #anthropology

Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed, researchers say

Runs facial recognition against watchlists and politically exposed persons, screens “adverse media” across 14 categories (including terrorism and espionage), and assigns risk and similarity scores.

"pRoTeCt tHe KiDs"

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/02/age-verification-vendor-persona-left-frontend-exposed

#Persona #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #AI #technology #Discord #Roblox #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Lime

FDroid now warns that its existence is threatened by the bully Google

Good work FDroid

#TIL #FDroid #programming #data #technology #networking #OpenSource #POSIX #Linux #history #reading

This #jobmarket is brutal. If y’all know anyone hiring for #remote roles, in #IT or preferably entry-level #cybersecurity, let ya boi know 😩

#tech #technology #lookingforwork #opentowork #economy #hiring

We’re officially releasing PH4NTXM-LITE — Open Source Community Edition.

This version exists because the community asked for it.

PH4NTXM-LITE is a free and open source project built for learning, experimentation, and collaborative exploration of live system design and operational concepts.

Built on Debian using live-build, anyone can study the source, modify it, and build their own PH4NTXM-LITE image from scratch.

Getting started is simple:

• Install live-build
• Clone the repository
• Run:

sudo lb clean

sudo lb config

sudo lb build

That’s it — your own build, from source.

This edition is focused on education, research, and responsible experimentation.

Students, researchers, security enthusiasts — this is for you.

We’re looking forward to forks, ideas, discussions, and collaborative improvement.

🔗 https://www.github.com/PH4NTXMOFFICIAL/PH4NTXM-LITE

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

We’re officially releasing PH4NTXM-LITE — Open Source Community Edition.

This version exists because the community asked for it.

PH4NTXM-LITE is a free and open source project built for learning, experimentation, and collaborative exploration of live system design and operational concepts.

Built on Debian using live-build, anyone can study the source, modify it, and build their own PH4NTXM-LITE image from scratch.

Getting started is simple:

• Install live-build
• Clone the repository
• Run:

sudo lb clean

sudo lb config

sudo lb build

That’s it — your own build, from source.

This edition is focused on education, research, and responsible experimentation.

Students, researchers, security enthusiasts — this is for you.

We’re looking forward to forks, ideas, discussions, and collaborative improvement.

🔗 https://github.com/PH4NTXMOFFICIAL/PH4NTXM-LITE

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

We’ve been listening.

Many of you asked about an open edition of PH4NTXM — something lighter, something accessible, something transparent.

PH4NTXM was built as a closed, controlled architecture by design.
But the community made a compelling case for a free and fully open-source version centered on education and research.

So we’re building it.

A streamlined, open-source framework released free for the community — designed for research, exploration, and technical growth.

PH4NTXM remains our flagship architecture.
But knowledge should be shared.

More soon.

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

We’ve been listening.

A lot of people asked about an open, educational version of PH4NTXM — something lighter, something accessible.

So we’re building it.

A streamlined framework focused on learning, experimentation, and understanding system personas — released free for the community.

PH4NTXM remains our flagship architecture.
But knowledge should be shared.

More soon.

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

I place hyfetch 🏳️‍🌈 and lolcat(6) 🏳️‍🌈 in the same gorgeous 🏳️‍🌈 category. They make your sh experience so beautiiful.

@rwright

#Neofetch #now #necrotic #hyfetch #screenfetch #macchina #fastfetch #programming #mathematics #lineair #algebra #technology #OpenSource #POSIX

We’ve been listening.

A lot of people asked about an open, educational version of PH4NTXM — something lighter, something accessible.

So we’re building it.

A streamlined framework focused on learning, experimentation, and understanding system personas — released free for the community.

PH4NTXM remains our flagship architecture.
But knowledge should be shared.

More soon.

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

Every system boots but PH4NTXM boots with intent.

Introducing the Boot Persona System.

At startup, one profile is selected:

LINUX
WINDOWS
ANDROID

This choice is not cosmetic.

It defines how the machine behaves before it ever touches the network.

What actually changes?

When a mode is selected, the system aligns around it:

Network Stack

• TCP handshake characteristics
• Default TTL behavior
• Port range entropy
• Congestion control strategy
• SYN / FIN timing profiles
• ICMP rate shaping
• MTU probing & ECN behavior

Identity Layer

• Vendor-aligned hostname generation
• Hardware family selection (ThinkPad, XPS, Pixel, etc.)
• OUI-consistent MAC address generation
• Per-boot machine-id derivation
• DHCP client personality & vendor string

Each hostname family carries its own MAC vendor pool.

The identity is not random — it is internally consistent.

Temporal Behavior

• Controlled clock skew injection
• Jitter over session lifetime
• Profile-aligned timing distribution

Time itself participates in the persona.

DNS Layer

• Encrypted DNS-over-TLS forwarding
• Rotating upstream provider selection
• SNI-consistent TLS hostname validation
• Resolver hardening (DNSSEC, minimisation, identity masking)

Modern fingerprinting correlates layers.

A mismatch between hostname, MAC OUI, TCP defaults, TTL, and timing exposes systems instantly.

PH4NTXM prevents that mismatch.

A Persona does not alter one value.

It commits the entire stack to a single coherent profile.

There is no hybrid state.
No partial alignment.

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

Bass Guitar unboxing

This is my elegant Bass guitar, built by Ibanez.

• It was fabricated in Mexico
• QC was Zero
• the third string plays 3 to 6dB softer than the others
• the soldering work is shoddy. I soldered much neater when I was a 8 year old boy
• All the potentiometers came with dust pre installed, generating annoying scratching noise in my Analogue signal chain.
• None of the strings had the proper hight in mm. I have to adjust those myself
• The truss rod needed some adjustments also, since the neck was not under the correct angle
• I need to take the time and measure the passive components in the Bass; luckily there aren't many because of the passive circuit nature
• However I will most likely buy a set of high quality Bass Pickup Elements, because that's the easiest way to eliminate the status of the pickup elements
• I will clean out the potential meter which are there already, but
• I will still replace all three potentiometers with smoother feel, and the condensator for the tone control.
• I shall also buy a higher quality Bass from Yamaha in the process, because Yamaha has always provided me with wonderful PA and Studio audio equipment.
• A gorgeously sounding Sadowski Bass is also on my Radar

Conclusion

• After this absimal experience I understood why Sweetwater offers a wonderful new build {Bass} guitar setup, which I didn't consider, given the competitive price of this beautiful Bass
• It is not nice to be expected to have the experience of a luthier in order to play a brand new Bass
• Luthier skills are built over decades, you are a specialist in and out of itself
• Bass musicians should not be expected to have those skills just to play a new instrument

I'm disappointed in Ibanez Mexico, but I will reconfigure my Bass so that it plays in a proper fashion

#music #JOYO #pedals #effects #Bass #Guitar #Ibanez #Japón #technology #Audio #music #signal #flow #technology

Philly Anti-Capitalist: **Traffic Cameras Sabotaged**

https://phlanticap.noblogs.org/traffic-cameras-sabotaged/

Submission We sabotaged all four traffic cameras at a major intersection in Philadelphia. We opened the panels at the bases of the camera’s poles and cut sections of the wires. We also painted over the fronts of the cameras to make it clear to passersby that the cameras were broken. We carried out this sabotage…

#Attack #Technology

Neofetch alternatives

The ones that I've tested and are easy to install are these three

hyfetch
screenfetch
macchina
fastfetch


These are easy to install and fun.
I love hyfetch colour output!

https://itsfoss.com/neofetch-alternatives/

#Neofetch #now #necrotic #hyfetch #screenfetch #macchina #fastfetch #programming #mathematics #lineair #algebra #technology #OpenSource #POSIX

In a networked world, ubiquity conquers superiority -- a widely accepted technology will overwhelm even a technologically superior rival.
-- Kevin Kell & Gary Wolf

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #KevinKellGaryWolf #Technology

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

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photo by richard rathe

#firefox #windows #meme #funny #tech #technology #microsoft #mozilla #fox #furry

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Photo of a fox licking a window. The caption reads "Firefox has encountered an unexpected problem with Windows."

On this Linux installation (MX 23.6 the Cairo Dock is very old)

• Cairo-Dock version : 3.4.1
• Compiled date : Jan 2 2021 11:22:34
• Built with GTK : 3.24
• Running with OpenGL: 1

Log:

$ warning : (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/implementations/cairo-dock-egl.c:gldi_register_egl_backend:232)

Cairo-Dock was not built with EGL support
warning : (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/implementations/cairo-dock-glx.c:_initialize_opengl_backend:129)

couldn't find an appropriate visual, trying to get one without Stencil buffer
(it may cause some little deterioration in the rendering) ...

============================================================================
Cairo-Dock version : 3.4.1
Compiled date : Jan 2 2021 11:22:34
Built with GTK : 3.24
Running with OpenGL: 1
============================================================================

g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed
g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed
sh: 1: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cairo-dock/cairo-dock-launcher-API-daemon: not found
warning : (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:init_object:358)

Couldn't bind 'F4' (Show Desktop: Expose all the desktops)
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
warning : (./shortcuts/src/applet-drives.c:cd_shortcuts_list_drives:321)

couldn't detect any drives
warning : (./shortcuts/src/applet-load-icons.c:cd_shortcuts_build_shortcuts_from_data:310)

Shortcuts : can't monitor bookmarks
_get_desktop_bg_surface: assertion 'iRootPixmapID != 0' failed
warning : (./switcher/src/applet-load-icons.c:cd_switcher_load_desktop_bg_map_surface:197)

couldn't get the wallpaper
warning : (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/gldit/cairo-dock-packages.c:_dl_file_content:435)

Couldn't download file 'http://download.tuxfamily.org/glxdock/themes/ping.txt' (Timeout was reached)

Z

I need to get the latest version (features & bugfixes), but first will check the version in MX Linux v25.1
I wonder why such a stale version was included

https://www.glx-dock.org/

#Cairo #Dock #MX #Linux #MXLinux #V23_6 #old #version #programming #gcc #compiler #assembler #linker #networking #weather #music #player #applet #technology #OpenSource #POSIX

Redhat has a open source tool to tell you the status of your digital sovereignity

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-sovereign-your-strategy-introducing-red-hat-sovereignty-readiness-assessment-tool

https://www.feedback.redhat.com/jfe/form/SV_1LGSam42lrM4Ddk

#programming #technology #Linux #redhat #cloud #networking #OpenSource #mathematics

[#TRADESHOW] Shanghai #International #Ad & #Sign #Technology & #Equipment Exhibition will be held from March 4 to March 7, 2026, at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#Shanghai), #China. As a #core #segment #event of #APPPEXPO 2026, the #expo focuses on the #future of #advertising, #signage, and #digital #printing #technologies, aligning with national strategies and #industry transformation. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/shanghai-international-ad-sign-technology-equipment-exhibition-2026/

Tugtainer is a self-hosted app for automating updates of your docker containers

Another modern Watchtower alternative but after testing it today I’m sticking with What’s Up Docker (WUD) for now.

The chief downside for me is that Tugtainer shows no current and new versions for you to look at before running the update. There i ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/tugtainer-is-a-self-hosted-app-for-automating-updates-of-your-docker-containers/

#docker #opensource #technology

How Novachips Keeps its Memory Cards Affordable, Fast, and Reliable In a World of Skyrocket Prices https://petapixel.com/2026/02/20/how-novachips-keeps-its-memory-cards-affordable-fast-and-reliable-in-a-world-of-skyrocket-prices/ #cfexpresstypea #cfexpresstypeb #memorycards #Technology #Equipment #Sponsored #cfexpress #novachips #sponsored #prices #costs

AI sovereignty has been a hot topic at India's AI Impact Summit. Eileen Donahoe and Konstantinos Komaitis write for Tech Policy about what governments need to do to make that a reality, without their countries becoming isolated — it's all about interoperability. "In an interoperable world, standards are power—and governments that ignore them will find sovereignty decided elsewhere," they conclude.

https://flip.it/XsEiLu

#Technology #Tech #AI #DigitalSovereignty #Interoperability

@Mastodon is changing course when it comes to how people join the platform. In late 2022, the team decided to send sign-ups directly to their server in order to make onboarding more straightforward. But that didn't align with the promise of decentralization. Here, Community Director @haubles explains the new approach to server recommendation, along with some other ways Mastodon is helping build community.

https://flip.it/1bWN26

#Mastodon #SocialMedia #Decentralization #ActivityPub #Community #Technology #Tech

Mark Zuckerberg's team got into trouble with the judge at the Los Angeles trial over social media and children. Why? Some of them were apparently wearing Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. Judge Carolyn Kuhl ordered anyone in the courtroom wearing AI glasses to immediately remove them and noted that use of facial-recognition technology to identify jurors is banned. Here's more from @CBSNews.

https://flip.it/dHB_L4

#Technology #Tech #Meta

https://teenage.engineering/products/op-z

#music #technology

They should also learn to talk about Large Language Models because artificial intelligence in itself is a good thing, when you look at what it does and gaming single-player gaming and in simulations

@rl_dane

#LLM #AI #slop #programming #mathematics #technology #miscreant #copy #theft #InfoSec

@kaveman

Please use the link in this toot to directly access the source repository

https://ioc.exchange/@Radio_Azureus/116103250251003244

#BSD #netBSD #Linux #openBSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #OpenSource #userland #uitilities #programming #technology #reading

[#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/

Google’s Pomelli Photoshoot Feature is Here to Hammer Nails into the Coffin of Photography https://petapixel.com/2026/02/20/googles-pomelli-photoshoot-feature-is-here-to-hammer-nails-into-the-coffin-of-photography/ #artificialintelligence #productphotography #Technology #googlelabs #nanobanana #photoshoot #Editorial #pomelli #google #genai #News

@kaveman
That's an odd error message to have.
Usually we get that with YouTube
Which continent are you in?

#BSD #netBSD #Linux #openBSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #OpenSource #userland #uitilities #programming #technology #reading

Don't let email security fail you in high-stakes situations. Despite 73% of organizations being able to recover deleted emails, many executives remain unaware of the devastating consequences of such breaches. Discover insider secrets on how email security failures can shatter business relationships and cost executives their most valuable assets. Learn how to protect your organization from these unseen threats.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/exposing-the-unseen-threats-insider-secrets-on-email-security-failures-that-can-shatter-business-relationships-and-cost-executives-their-most-valuable-assets

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/lztn3o

Wonderful BSD news

Netbase shall bring netBSD userland utilities to Linux

Version v0.1 is released by introducing a new endeavor to port netBSD userland utilities to Linux with minimal source changes

Quote

The first release already includes a substantial set of core utilities including

cat echo ln mv pwd rm rmdir sleep chmod sync date mkdir test chown basename env dirname id tee yes head printf wc false true whoami uniq nice tty grep domainname hostname

The powerful ksh is also in the release

The potential benefits are practical

Developers working across BSD and Linux may prefer consistent tool behavior in both environments Security researchers and systems engineers may want to test or standardize on BSD utilities without switching operating systems.

It may also appeal to users who prefer BSD-style implementations over GNU ones for philosophical or technical reasons.

Z

Read more about this subject in the provided link

https://linuxiac.com/netbase-brings-netbsd-userland-utilities-to-linux/

#BSD #netBSD #Linux #openBSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #OpenSource #userland #uitilities #programming #technology #reading

When predictive policing technologies fail, lives are lost and trust is shattered. A high-profile case in a major city revealed a disturbing pattern of algorithmic bias leading to discriminatory decision-making. What can policymakers and law enforcement do to strike the right balance between safety and justice? Learn how data-driven approaches can go wrong and what you can do to fix them.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/when-predictive-policing-technologies-go-wrong-the-heart-wrenching-story-of-the-city-where-data-driven-decision-making-led-to-a-life-lost-and-a-trust-shattered

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/d9a2t3

Another requirements document on my desk. 70% obviously written by an AI. Many items make no sense in the context of the project 🤔

When asking the potential client to clarify what they mean, they don't know either and can't explain.

Please! If you don't have the budget for someone to analyze and properly document your requirements, your project will most likely fail anyway.

#ai #ai_slop #technology #softwareengineering #development

#lispyGopherClimate #technology #programming #show

https://communitymedia.video/w/wQkFYMbzbvBkpYLt1tWMZB #archive

- @wm_annis reports an sbcl merge of slop (EDIT: REVERTED v) unlike #ecl viz @jackdaniel . #commonLisp
(#clisp)

Individual heterogeneity
- in #climate activism
- in the #gopher
- in The #Lisp Community
- My idea of sharing conditions/handlers rather than programs

Cf the fully intended homogeneity from LLMs.

- yduJ is square dancing this week, as all lisp users must.

Me: https://screwlisp.small-web.org/
#ai

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unix_surrealism analognowhere.com Lispy gopher show banner featuring someodd.zip complete with BOTH the tuesday-night-in-the-americas AND sunday-morning-in-europe weekly show times. (0UTC Wed and 800UTC Sun).

[#TRADESHOW] 2026 #Shenzhen #International #Industrial #Manufacturing #Technology and #Equipment #Exhibition (#ITES) from March 31 to April 3, 2026, at SZ #World Exhibition & #Convention #Center, #China. The #event brings together full-chain #manufacturing #solutions, highlighting #robotics, embodied #intelligence, #smart #factories, and high-end #equipment, and serves as a strategic #sourcing and #matchmaking #business #platform for #global #buyers and #manufacturers. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/2026-shenzhen-international-industrial-manufacturing-technology-and-equipment-exhibition-ites-2026/

On Monday, I was invited to film a 25-minute-long panel discussion episode of Your Voice with @BBCNews live in the studio, answering questions viewers had sent in online, together with presenter Matthew Amroliwala, Ellen Roome MBE, Christopher Vallance and Jack Fenwick.

View the full video with everyone's contributions here:
https://lnkd.in/emhTKxwY

#AI #generativeAI #LLM #UKlaw #OnlineSafetyAct #Grok #XAI #Claude #Gemini#ChatGPT #technology #technews

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched India as a central player in the global artificial intelligence ecosystem, saying the country aims to build technology at home while deploying it worldwide.

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/bsZS9x

#AI #India #Modi #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

AI-generated deepfakes, memes and misinformation are infiltrating our online community spaces, eroding an internet built by humans for humans. CNET’s Katelyn Chedraoui talks to the people fighting to save it and writes: “AI slop is an oil spill in our digital oceans. The cleanup depends on all of us doing our part.”

https://flip.it/aRIH4E

#AI #Technology #OpenAI #SocialMedia

anyone building or thinking of building a fediverse equivalent of linkedin?

#technology #bigtech #work #linkedin #software #fediverse

Stifling Innovation: The Hidden Dangers of IoT Regulatory Overkill

IoT-related security incidents skyrocketed 87% last year, with SMBs hit hardest. Cyber threats targeting connected devices pose significant financial and reputational risks. Don't let regulatory red tape hold you back from innovation. Implement immediate actions to secure your IoT ecosystem and stay ahead of the threat curve. What practical steps can you take today?

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/forget-what-youve-heard-about-digital-twins-and-iot-data-aggregation-the-regulatory-overkill-thats-stifling-innovation

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

核融合原子炉
核融合技術は未来のエネルギーとして期待されてます。

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n90493c59a7e0

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#nuclear #fusion #technology #energy #future #ideal #source #produce #really #already #reactor #material #properties #radiation #phenomenon #scientifically #possibility #similar #exact #irresponsible #fuel #waste #situation #credibility

Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein…
#technology #thegeektribune
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/hacking-conference-def-con-bans-three-people-linked-to-epstein/

🔎#Google va uni 🇮🇳#India şi 🇺🇸#SUA cu o reţea de cabluri submarine pentru accelerarea Inteligenţei Artificiale.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-56Bw

#Știri #Technology #AI

Log4Shell

TIL about the breakdown of the Log4Shell shared library.

• Date of occurence
• 24 November 2K21
• location of programmer at home with his son logging into minecraft (which failed)
• this vulnerability had existed unnoticed since 2013
• it was privately disclosed to the Apache Software Foundation { Log4j is a project}
• discloser: Chen Zhaojun of Alibaba Cloud's infosec team
• date 24 November 2021
• exploit severety MAXIMUM
• It's simple to execute
• estimation of affect ration of 50% of the internet (many hundreds of millions of devices)
• vulnerability abuses Log4j allowing requests to arbitrary LDAP and JNDI servers
• that allows attackers to
• execute arbitrary Java code on server / client
• leak sensitive data

Innerworkings

• Log4j
• open-source logging framework
• enables programmers to log data within their applications
• can include user input
• is used ubiquitously in Java programs especially enterprise software
• Originally written in 2001 by Ceki Gülcü
• part of Apache Logging Services
• project of the Apache Software Foundation### Tom Kellermann, a member of President Obama's Commission on Cyber Security
• Apache is "one of the giant supports of a bridge which facilitates the connective tissue between the worlds of applications and computer environments

Affected commercial services

• Amazon Web Services {AWS}
• Cloudflare
• iCloud {Apple infrastructure}
• Minecraft: {Java}
• Steam {multi platform gaming}
• Tencent QQ### Wiz and EY sate that the vulnerability affected 93% of enterprise cloud environments

The Log4Shell vulnerability's disclosure received strong reactions from cybersecurity experts.

Cybersecurity company Tenable stated

• exploit is "the single biggest, most critical vulnerability ever## Ars Technica
• arguably the most severe vulnerability ever

Quote
Log4j is foundational software. This 20+ year-old Java logging library quietly powers system events in applications worldwide, like user logins and calculation results. But this small piece of software had quietly become a dependency in thousands of projects across the Java ecosystem.

Opinion & reaction

• I'm blown away by the events leading to the tornadoes & typhoons that followed shortly after in the OpenSource programming World
• Fifty percent of software was affected with 93% of enterprise software sub section
• Log4Shell is a critical infrastructure level shared library
• nearly everyone using java depends on it's functional I/O

Analysis

• why do most Open Source software users only contact programmers when bugs are detected?
• why do they (almost) never get compliments when it goes well?
• programmers burn out after a while and leave projects abandoned
• when you were a kid, your mom / dad / family complimented you on good results
• programmers need the same
• otherwise they will leave the projects

Open Source programming is a thankless job

• Zero cash influx
• no thank you's
• complaints even when software has long matured to stable levels
• entitled users
• threats to be Doxxed or worse

Be nice to Open Source programmers

• If you have following contact here on the Fediverse with one say thank you
• don't expect replies (esp when hundreds to thousands of followers are indicated)
• realize you either can't code programs of that caliber or don't want to invest the time
• I am lucky to have conversational contact ont the FediVerse with critical infrastructure programmers
• I always say thank you, because I know how hard it is to write software of that magnitude
• when I review their software, I am critical, but formulate my words and sentences in a manner I would want to read them if places were switched
• I am thankful first, thus send them Universal Love and Universal Energy
• My toot history stand for these statements (on my other Fediverse accounts)

Don't be a dick!

Be nice to programmers

Give them Love

Z

#Log4Shell #TIL #programming #data #Java #exploit #ZeroDay #technology #Enterprise #networking #OpenSource #POSIX #BSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #openBSD #Linux #win64 #mac #history #reading

Sources:

https://github.blog/open-source/inside-the-breach-that-broke-the-internet-the-untold-story-of-log4shell/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log4Shell

What does a Discord replacement look like, and how might the open social web play a part? @laurenshof looks at what needs to happen — different apps built on the same protocols, active collaboration to make sure it all fits together — and how that's already fundamental to the Atmosphere and fediverse.

https://flip.it/QdL.FX

#ActivityPub #Mastodon #ATProtocol #Bluesky #Blacksky #Discord #Technology #Tech

It is enlightening to learn that the US government has rejected more than 567 essential cybersecurity recommendations over the last 30 years. They are clearly more interested in cutting costs than protecting the infrastructure. Shame on them. #cybersecurity #technology #government

My interaction with the wonderful program curl is typical of my interaction with all Open Source programs which I use.

• I first type in the command after which I sent a CR LF {carriage return line feed}. I watch the output
• I type curl --help
• I type man curl

A swiss army knife for downloading has extensive manpages

• Im referred to man libcurl(3) {in MX Linux}
• I type man libcurl
• BecauseI did not install libcurl-devel on this small installation the manpage for libcurl(3) is not local
• I read the manpage (online)
• I distill what I need from curl and implement it

I know the basics of curl for my own use

• this method can be used with all commands
• it's a logical and systematic method
• it will work until the end of Terra

Z

#curl #get #programming #technology #fetch #networking #https #http #ftp #OpenSource #POSIX #BSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #openBSD #Linux #win64 #mac

Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference

‚A hacktivist remotely wiped three white supremacist websites live onstage during their talk at a hacker conference last week, with the sites yet to return online.
The pseudonymous hacker, who goes by Martha Root — dressed as Pink Ranger from the Power Rangers — deleted the servers of WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal in real time at the end of a talk at the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany….‘

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites-live-on-stage-during-hacker-conference/

Great 👏 @back2theRoot

#Ccc #39C3 #FightNazis #Hacking #Tech #Technology #Activism #HH #Hamburg #Germany

How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE

‚ICE has been invading U.S. cities, targeting, surveilling, harassing, assaulting, detaining, and torturing people who are undocumented immigrants. They also have targeted people with work permits, asylum seekers, permanent residents (people holding “green cards”), naturalized citizens, and even citizens by birth. ICE has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on surveillance technology to spy on anyone—and potentially everyone—in the United States. It can be hard to imagine how to defend oneself against such an overwhelming force.

But a few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology….‘

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice

#ICE #USA #Hacking #Technology #Data #Racism #Activism

The Zine from 404media About ICE Surveillance Is Here!

https://www.404media.co/icezine/

"You are holding a zine about the surveillance tools used by ICE, and what we have learned so far about how you can resist this technology.

This zine was reported and written by 404 Media, a journalist-owned investigative website and now, we suppose, a print publication. Our status as a small outfit of reporters who own the means of production (a website), means that we have the freedom to report on the topics we believe are the most important. For the last year, that has been Donald Trumpʼs mass deportation
campaign, and the technology powering it."

PDF Zine: https://www.404media.co/content/files/2026/02/404ICEZINE.pdf

#Zine #Surveillance #USA #ICE #Tech #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/

Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Transform

Dingus can transform anything negative into something helpful.

View Dogfirmation: https://dogs.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/?dogID=58#today

#Transform #Technology #Animals #ArtificialIntelligence #Dogs #Nature #Pets

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Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Transform Dingus can transform anything negative into something helpful.

Vermaden has shared an insightful article about 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀/𝗟𝗗𝗔𝗣 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗜𝗣𝗔/𝗜𝗗𝗠

Go read learn

#Kerberos #freeBSD #BSD #programming #technology #networking #LDAP #FreeIPA #IDM #reading

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/native-freebsd-kerberos-ldap-with-freeipa-idm/

Smart devices are becoming an increasingly important part of our daily lives, but they also pose a significant threat to our personal privacy. Did you know that 78% of manufacturers comply with law enforcement requests for data without notifying users? This widespread collection and sharing of data can leave us vulnerable to cybersecurity breaches and lawsuits.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/10-privacy-vulnerabilities-that-can-sink-smart-home-and-connected-device-lawsuits

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

Total Trust - Totales Vertrauen #Film
Wenn das die Gegenwart ist, wie sieht dann unsere Zukunft aus?

"Was passiert, wenn der Schutz unserer #Privatsphäre missachtet wird? Wie umfassend sind die aus Big Data gewonnen Informationen über unsere Aktivitäten und Überzeugungen, Abneigungen, Vorlieben und Gewohnheiten? Lässt sich sicherstellen, dass diese Daten nicht in die falschen Hände geraten? Sind sie vielleicht schon in den falschen Händen?

„Total Trust“ ist ein zutiefst beunruhigender und bewegender Film über die unheimliche Macht von #BigData und #KI, über ihren Gebrauch und Missbrauch im öffentlichen wie im privaten Leben, über Zensur und Selbstzensur. Anhand eindringlicher Schicksale von Menschen in China, die überwacht, eingeschüchtert und sogar gefoltert wurden, erzählt „Total Trust“ von den Gefahren aktueller Technologien in den Händen einer ungezügelten Macht. Mit China als Spiegel schlägt der Film Alarm: Der zunehmende Einsatz von digitalen Überwachungstools ist längst ein globales Phänomen – auch in demokratisch geführten Ländern." (Pressetext)

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=ZDBLvJoKOtY

#Überwachung #Technology #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Antireport #Hamburg #Hansaplatz #Autoritarisierung

How goverments are using facial recognition to crack down on protesters

Mass protests used to offer a degree of safety in numbers. #FacialRecognition #technology changes the equation.

"But while authorities generally pitch facial recognition as a tool to capture terrorists or wanted murderers, the technology has also emerged as a critical instrument in a very particular context: punishing protesters.
(...)
In countries where demonstrating can come with physical or political risk, large-scale protests have historically offered a degree of anonymity, and, with it, a level of protection. Mass protests are a way for citizens to express dissent as a collective — often under the assumption that “they can’t arrest us all.”

But in the last decade, the spread of facial recognition technology has changed that equation: A lone face in a crowd is no longer anonymous; facial recognition allows #authorities to capture people’s identities en masse."

https://restofworld.org/2024/facial-recognition-government-protest-surveillance/

#surveillance #Protest #Repression

Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own | Johnny Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/17/europeans-are-dangerously-reliant-on-us-tech-now-is-a-good-time-to-build-our-own #AiArtificialIntelligence #EuropeanUnion #Computing #DonaldTrump #Internet #Ecommerce #Google #Amazon #Microsoft #UsNews #Technology #Europe

Build 89 of #FediReader adds a ton of fixes for private mentions, including a revamped user search, reply fetching, and more

Check it out here:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/tFmh7dw4

#Developer #IndieApps #Technology #Mastodon #SocialWeb #SocialMedia

$ cat /proc/meminfo
$ lmsensors

I²C

#Linux #I2C #monitoring #lmsensors #meminfo #proc #filesystems #technology #OpenSource #programming #sensors #temperature

@toddz @Prainbow @jzb

#SecondHandSlop got some boosts!!

#AI is a #Scam

#AI is the #SecondHandSmoke of #Technology

One day we will make them all go stand outside.

A few detailed compositions of one of my last Bass play sessions

#JOYO #pedals #effects #Bass #Guitar #Ibanez #Japón #technology #Audio #music #signal #flow

Android dead on 01 September 2026 (09-01-2K26)

Unless you've been living under a rock at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, you know that google wants to close the Android Platform up, after having made sure that many hundreds of millions (actually more than (5 * 10↑ 9)) Androids are running globally.

Google wants to close up Android tighter that a father isolated his promiscuous daughter in the dark ages...

• Some bullets points

• Android development spawned in 2003 by Android, Inc. ** Android Inc fetches the Open Source Linux kernel and studies to use it for it's upcoming smart phone platform in 2003** Google gobbled them up in 2005

Android was not google's idea!

Android was not google's idea!

Android was not google's idea!

• Android beta is released November 5, 2007

• Android stable v1.0 is released September 23, 2008

• Google made sure that in the years that followed they subtly started to make certain things hard to do, which were easy and open in the beginning

• Way in the beginning, those of you who had an android then remember how easy it was to install software on your phone

• When you install anything now that's Open Source playstore tells you that it's unsafe.
  ** Even when you open a PO3 / IMAP account on your android, google shows you the perfectly fine server certificate and tells you it's not good, forcing you to click advanced then yes to use an email account NOT sanctioned by google, in their gmail android program
  ** gmail android is a POS in comparison with the awsome MUTT OpenSource mail client

• installing KDE_Connect a magnificent program suite which makes your android communicate properly with any Linux or BSD server / client gives problems too and is even SABOTAGED by android comms & battery protocol
  * the battery protocol constantly kills KDE_Connect making transfer and control a PITA
  ** the comms protocol drops packets of KDE_Connect making it look like the program fails horribly
  *** install KDE_Connect on an Open Source Android distro and you will see that the program suite not only works perfectly, it transfers files as fast as your phones tranceiver will pump them to your target phone or computer, running and Open Source Operating System

The beginning of the END

• Google starts with forcing programmers to submit a government issued ID for just writing software, released on the app store
• no Open Source programmer is crazy enough to do so, so you now need other means like FDroid & similar to install them, or go straight to their Codeberg or github pages to fetch them, making phone illiterates losing access to their beloved Open Source android programs
• Google annouces that it will block non sanctioned (Open Source) programs from installing after undisclosed ammount of time
• Google announces the date when it willhard block* you, the *propriator of your Androids to install software **on your OWN FUCKING COMPUTER!!!*

WTF google! have you gone microSLOP?

We the people can stop Alphabet from this bullshit

• Those of us who live in the EU especially have a tremendous stopping power, to the BULLYING of Alphabet regardless of which EU country you live in

WHY?

• Google has a market of hundreds of millions of high android spending users there

• Loosing the EU all together will be a tremendous financial blow to google
  ** Rember that apple bowed to EU will and put USBC connectors on their hardware way before the deadline was put
  *** apple did that globally, because that makes logistical sense
  *** apple bowed to the EU because of financial greed, not the fine

• Alphabet is in a similar boat when google is stopped there to close the platform it's logistically easier to just remove the measures globally on their android platform

Rest of Terra

• The rest of us not stated in the below doc should do the following
• call our governments to do something by calling Ambassador / consul of US to give letter with grievances even if your country has less than 750.000 inhabitants, the protest matters, find your representatives and do it
• find alternative OS to run on your current and future androids
• DITCH android if and when the lockdown comes** that means we the people gave up and lost** android humanity is than fiucked** no one of us wants to see that

FIGHT for your Android rights. The computer is your private posession!

Sending Universal Love and Universal Energy to all who read this doc

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Sources
mea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history
https://www.sci-tech-today.com/stats/android-phones-statistics/
https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-android-users-are-there
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history

#OpenSource #ClosedSource #kernel #Torvalds #Linus #Linux #LinusTorvalds #technology #programming #networking #Your #Rights #ownership #alphabet #google #enshittification #fight #Android #Android Inc

An internal study at Meta determined that parental supervision and controls have little impact on kids' compulsive use of social media. This was revealed during testimony at a social media addiction trial that began last week, one of several set to take place this year. Here's more from @Techcrunch.

https://flip.it/tcxjWK

#Technology #Tech #Meta #Children

Wow and flutter from tapes long past

I know a man who decades ago, wanted to get a GUI {graphical user interface} on an Open Source Operating System where the coders and maintainers didn't see the need.
He primarily wanted that just for himself.**

The man has neither written nor compiled one line of programming code in his life

• He first learned how to do basic coding in an interpreted language then learned the basics in C** he went to a physical library first** He has read a lot of /man/ pages in the process
• He then compiled the sources for X himself and installed it
• Next he learned how to compile a WM of his choosing and installed it
• Then he compiled X userland programs of his choosing
• After that he compiled other software that needed X windows.

It took him more than a year and a half to get so far!

He not only proofed to himself that determination and planning can get you to any achievement, he learned advanced programming and computing skills in the process. He also had a great Guru (you may guess who)

His skills became so good, that he could even write a FAQ for everyone who wants to run an OS but can't configure a X interface because they can't comprehend the (excellent, technical) documentation.

#programming #mathematics #logic #coding #interpreted #language #compiler #gcc #ASM #ln #aout #link #library #technology #C #BASIC #OpenSource #XWindows #Xorg

📰 New Post From The SeerOfSouls Blog 📰

Cliff’s Notes 2026: Episode Four

https://www.seerofsouls.com/cliffs-notes-2026-episode-four/

Associated Mastodon Account: @Cliff

#Tech #Technology #AllThingsTech #SeerOfSouls #Blog #Blogging #Blogger #Author #Writer #WordPress

Looking at the table, John Mastodon and Jill Wafrn saw a number of figures, a hooded figure only known as "X", a copiously effervescent talker known as "The Facebook", and a few others all wearing their proprietary company outfits.

Jill and John approached them, and asked if they too could sit at the table.

X bristled and made an obscene gesture towards them.

The Facebook gasped in horror. Then started laughing like J. Jonah Jameson from Spider-Man.

Jill and John knew they weren't wanted at the table then, so what did they do? They left the tavern and started their own.

Now X and Facebook's tavern is sinking into the ground, and yet, Jill and John's tavern is growing.

The future looks bright for our intrepid would-be heroes.

There is a question lingering in the air, though.

"What will everyone do to to decide their future?"

Stay tuned(Or tune out) for more adventures of Jill and John!

[#TRADESHOW] 2026 #Shenzhen #International #Industrial #Manufacturing #Technology and #Equipment #Exhibition (#ITES) from March 31 to April 3, 2026, at SZ #World Exhibition & #Convention #Center, #China. The #event brings together full-chain #manufacturing #solutions, highlighting #robotics, embodied #intelligence, #smart #factories, and high-end #equipment, and serves as a strategic #sourcing and #matchmaking #business #platform for #global #buyers and #manufacturers. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/2026-shenzhen-international-industrial-manufacturing-technology-and-equipment-exhibition-ites-2026/

What is the single oldest piece of hardware you own that is still in active, daily use? 💾

I don't mean a museum piece sitting on a shelf. I mean something you actually turn on and rely on every week.

Is it a first generation Kindle? A 2011 thinkpad? A printer from the Windows XP era? A mechanical keyboard from yesteryear? An old iPod? A really old toaster that works great?

#retro #hardware #technology #pc #music #reading #books #bookstodon #writing #art #righttorepair #cooking #baking

Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person’s account to keep posting and chatting

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/meta-patents-ai-that-takes-over-a-dead-persons-account-to-keep-posting-and-chatting-3320326/

#news #tech #technology #socialmedia #meta #facebook #ai #aislop

Hollywood is Freaking Out, But ByteDance Says it is Curbing AI Video Generator Seedance https://petapixel.com/2026/02/17/hollywood-is-freaking-out-but-bytedance-says-it-is-curbing-ai-video-generator-seedance/ #Technology #bytedance #copyright #hollywood #seedance #aivideo #tiktok #china #genai #News

Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/17/tech-companies-traditional-ai-generative-climate-breakdown-report

> Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate

#climate #ai #slop #climateChange #technology #llm

Don't let January slip away without securing your digital assets. Manipulation of blockchain records, forensic tool compromise, and evidence tampering are critical threats that can destroy trust in digital valuations. Effective threat hunting starts with well-formed hypotheses based on unsupervised data analysis. Mastering time management essentials is key to staying one step ahead.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/act-now-mastering-time-management-essentials-before-the-end-of-january

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Happiness

Dingus is happy and grateful for everything he has in his life.

View Dogfirmation: https://dogs.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/?dogID=54#today

#Happiness #Technology #Animals #ArtificialIntelligence #Dogs #Nature #Pets

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Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Happiness Dingus is happy and grateful for everything he has in his life.

just discovered via one of my classes a project to create collaborative, free, open textbooks:
https://wikijuris.net/
https://github.com/nicsuzor/wikijuris

at the moment, there are textbooks on 'Governing the internet' and 'Australian IP Law'

epic to see projects like this coming out of the academics teaching at my law school

(they also publish the open-access international law journal 'Law, Technology and Humans': https://lthj.qut.edu.au/)

#internet #law #academia #technology

[#TRADESHOW] Shanghai #International #Ad & #Sign #Technology & #Equipment Exhibition will be held from March 4 to March 7, 2026, at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center (#Shanghai), #China. As a #core #segment #event of #APPPEXPO 2026, the #expo focuses on the #future of #advertising, #signage, and #digital #printing #technologies, aligning with national strategies and #industry transformation. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/shanghai-international-ad-sign-technology-equipment-exhibition-2026/

As tech firms work to build AI agents, the tech tools “still feel distant: locked behind invitation codes and subscriptions, and aimed largely at office work rather than everyday life,” Kingling Lo writes. Lo decided to experiment with Alibaba’s AI agent to plan a holiday and came away with this: “Until they can convince users they’re acting not just on our behalf but in our best interests, I don’t mind pressing a few extra buttons to stay in control.” Read more about her experience at @restofworld:

https://flip.it/A4MPnq

#AI #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #Technology

Switched from ZNC to Soju as my IRC bouncer recently. Followed a little curiosity about it. Here's a little note that came from it: https://susam.net/soju-user-delete-hash.html

#blog #post #technology #irc #indieweb

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A screenshot of Soju source code and demonstration of hash computation

Feb. 16, 1978 -- forty eight years ago today -- the first public dial-up bulletin board system or BBS went online.

Wired: "1978: Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launch the first public dialup bulletin board system. The two unleash the kernel of what would eventually spawn the world wide web, countless online messaging systems..."

https://www.wired.com/2010/02/0216cbbs-first-bbs-bulletin-board/

I got my first modem in the summer of 1986, a Prometheus ProModem 1200A (modem on a card) for the Apple II. The first BBS I logged in to was OxGate, an RBBS/RCPM system the phone number of which I still can remember (my earliest BBS software -- firmware-based on that modem card -- had no phone book). I used BBSs avidly until sometime in 1994, when I subscribed to a local ISP's (Widomaker of Williamsburg, VA) dial-up modem-based PPP service that brought TCP/IP to my 486 PC with Windows 3.1. I could then browse the web from home, and that was basically the end of BBSing for me -- for the moment, anyway.

For those interested in experiencing this early form of online community, there are many BBSs online right now, accessible via telnet on systems old and new. I've enjoyed getting back into BBSing this way, especially when using vintage systems to login.

Most any computer can do it, today. Tips on how: https://bytecellar.com/bbsing

#BulletinboardSystem #BBS #BBSing #telnet #dialup #modem #online #terminals #terminalprograms #computinghistory #history #computers #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #nostalgia #ATDT #onlineforums #preinternet #internet #communication #RBBS #AppleII #CRT #memories #Wired #tech #technews #technology

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Apple IIe computer (circa 1983) dialed into an electronic bulletin board system (BBS)

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OxGate BBS login screen from 1986

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Prometheus ProModem 1200A modem packaging with details

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Logged into a telnet-based BBS using MuffinTerm for iPadOS

Using AI to slash 5G emissions and hit ESG goals https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/using-ai-to-slash-5g-emissions-hit-esg-goals/ #5g #telecoms #ai #esg #greentech #sustainability #netzero #technology

New strategies, bold #technologies, and meaningful connections.

Join the global #cybersecurity community at #RSAC Conference, March 23-26 in San Francisco.

Register by February 20 to save $600 on an All Access Pass.

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#infosecurity

#ai

I didn’t have going to New Broadcasting House this afternoon to be part of a 25-min @BBCNews Verified Live programme chatting to Matthew Amroliwala about the UK government’s new plans to protect children on the internet on my 2026 bingo card, but it happened! 🎬

I’m reminded that it’s been 10 years (give or take a few months) since the lovely Mark Lappin escorted me to this same place for my first on-air appearance on the Tech Tent radio programme on BBC World Service, back when I was representing the International Business Times and snapped a shot of me similar to this one.

Feels like I’ve come full circle 😅
Video to come soon!

#technews #AI #generativeAI #socialmediaban #onlinesafetyact #UKlaw #technology

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Mary-Ann Russon standing outside BBC New Broadcasting House

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Mary-Ann Russon, Matthew Amroliwala, Chris Ballance, Jack Fenwick and Ellen Roome on BBC News’ Verified Live Your Voice programme

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Matthew Amroliwala interviews Mary-Ann Russon in the BBC News studio

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mrmasterkeyboard/114727563728289248

just an every once in a while reminder that XLibre fucking sucks.

#Linux #Tech #Technology

Everything You Wanted to Know About Noise but Were too Afraid to Ask https://petapixel.com/2026/02/16/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-noise-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask/ #Educational #Technology #education #highiso #Guides #guide #noise #Tips #iso

7 space laser projects that aim to beam electricity to Earth https://interestingengineering.com/space/space-laser-to-beam-electricity-to-earth #satellite #powergeneration #solar #lasersystems #technology #futurism

So I am in a jam with forced upgrades for my #music #studio. Painful, really. My main workhorse is a #Yamaha #Montage 8. Since the release of the new Montage M, Yamaha has dropped support entirely for the first gen model. Its audio interface driver only supports up to #MacOS 14, but still works under 15.0. I receive daily warning messages that further OS updates will break it. Yamaha has stopped development on the driver.

To complicate things, I have an Intel #MacPro for which #Apple will be dropping support in the near future. It was and is only a matter of time. Due to the driver support issue I am forced to keep my Mac at OS 15.0.1. But wait, there's more...

If I upgrade my OS, then I risk breaking the driver and thus lose the capability of #audio and #MIDI over #USB. I use both the analog outputs and the USB, including feeding DAW tracks back into the #synthesizer for additional real time processing. My entire workflow, which I have developed since investing in the MacPro, *will* break and projects which I have started will not be completed. Period.

if that isn't painful enough, the New Yamaha Montage M8X is $5,000. While this is an amazing machine and does include a wealth of new features I'd immediately use (including a faster and more robust #machinelearning engine), these costs of both a new #workstation and new #computer are staggeringly high.

If Yamaha hadn't dropped support for its driver, I'd be fine continuing to use a last generation instrument.

And no, switch to a different workstation, ie #Roland or #Korg is simply not an option.

Ugh....

#pain #musictechnology #musictech #tech #technology #musicproduction

[#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/

New Research Reveals Critical Legal Implications of Bug Bounty Programs

As bug bounty programs continue to grow, a new study reveals a pressing concern: the risk of legal exposure. A vulnerability disclosure incident can lead to significant consequences, including litigation, reputational damage, and regulatory fines up to $100 million. Understand the security implications and practical takeaways to mitigate potential risks.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/fortress-feed/new-2025-research-reveals-critical-legal-implications-of-bug-bounty-programs-on-global-vulnerability-disclosure

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #Security #DataProtection #Tech #Technology

🎥 Watch Teaser: https://steelefortress.com/krj1fx

Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Partner in Crime

Doofie is Dingus' best friend, his travel buddy, his partner in crime.

View Dogfirmation: https://dogs.blackcatwhitehatsecurity.com/?dogID=53#today

#Partner #Crime #Technology #Animals #ArtificialIntelligence #Dogs #Nature #Pets

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Dogfirmations with Doofie and Dingus: Partner in Crime Doofie is Dingus' best friend, his travel buddy, his partner in crime.

TIL about MirBSD Korn Shell
Instead of talking about it here, I invite you to surf to the site and learn about it.
Compliments of @mirabilos https://toot.mirbsd.org/@mirabilos

https://mbsd.evolvis.org/mksh.htm

#Korn #Shell #sh #MirBSD #programming #OpenSource #technology #BSD #Linux

Datacenter backup of backups

• A datacenter backup is another building far, far away from the main one (other town / city / country)
• You need it in case your main datacenter gets into a catastrophy (fire, earthquake, flood, tsunami, sinkhole, meteor strike)
• The backup datacenter is smaller and has less processing power, but enough to keep demand / response flowing, fair to bit slow, but keep the site(s) on air
•• backup datacenters are fully uitlized facilities, just smaller
•• they need the same as the bullet points stated above
•• they eat RAM HDDs SSDs et all, just at a smaller scale, but still large enough to hit the consumer market severely

Conclusion

We are fucked!

• just kidding ;)

No we are in heavy seas

• observe

History lesson

• In the 1990's there was a disaster with electrolytic capacitors
• They were produced with faulty dielectric materials
• The elco's swelled up (toxic gasses forming) after a short while of working (days, weeks to some months) then exploded or teared open, causing shorts which fried components like chipset IC's CPU's 16550AF UARTS sound ICs etc
• The capacitors were installed on hundreds of thousands of motherboards

We survived

• The computing world did not end!
• Many of you reading need to look this event up
• Most of the people who were fixing the boards have forgotten the event period

We shall overcome the LLM component crises

• Homo sapiens is a resilient species
• Our intelligence will prevail

Stay positive!

Thank you for reading

^Z

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#LLM #HDD #SSD #DRAM #NAND #AI #microSD #USB #stick #hardware #technology #backup #datacenter #UPS #PFC #AC #DC #capacitor #components #computer #server #crises #boom #bubble #burst #DDR4 #DDR5
#Love #calm #resolve

💾 Western Digital

We are sold out

WTF!??

Why?

• LLM's demolished the server HDD stock.

Western Digital has run out of HDD capacity for 2026!

Disaster for consumers small professionals & even large professionals!

CEO Irving Tan has confirmed the company is running on fumes
• Purchase orders from major customers & longterm agreements are reaching well into 2K27 & even 2K28!

• Three years of desert level drought is close for consumers regarding WD HDD's

Who is buying the HDD stock?

Datacenters

• LLM companies (what a set of ^&^#$&^)
• Cloud & Hyperscale Data Centers
•• many don't even have their datacenters built
• These entities now give WD 90% of its revenue.
• Consumer drives are just 10%.

Enterprise demand is decumating supply

• LLM training
• inference logs
• scraped STOLEN web data
• backups
•• these need many Petabytes of storage

Even though GPUs get the headlines (whining gamers), HDDs are the crucial backbone of LLM boom
•• They’re still the most cost-effective way to store Peta and Exabytes of data.

Results

• Consumer HDD supplies shrink
• Enterprise long term agreements {LTA} are locking in multi-year volume + pricing
• Price pressure is already happening (I feel them already)
•• A puny 8TiB Western Digital consumer grade HDD was 108USD two years ago all they way to my country of SR / SA
•• That same 8TiB HDD is now 196 USD to my country if and WHEN I can find it
••• I now find other brands easier but due to the higher quality they naturally cost more to begin with
••• Toshiba 7 Fujitsu are a few of those brands
••• I'd be better off getting a box of 24TiB server grade HDD's
••• In bulk ammounts, these cost less per TiB & they have many more IOPs that consumer HDDs

DRAM and NAND

We are all suffering from DRAM and NAND prices seeking amazingly horrific heights
• Try to get a 64GiB to 512GiB microSD card for a normal price (feb 2K25 level)
• While you are at it do the same with 64GiB to 256GiB USB sticks
• You won't find them (needles in haystacks aer a snap to find in comparison)
•• Large microSD cards are for now fairly normally priced (20% more) but I need small ones for my SBC computer(s) which need many OS distro's to boot from, to perform different functions with differen HATs

Since septenmber 2K25 my beloved consumer HDDs are getting much more expensive also

The LLM cycle of tsunami like destruction is not just 6nm IC's

It’s about everything datacenter wise

What is needed in a datacenter?

• H2O O2 N2 CU
•• you need water and those gasses to keep the natural flow of air running in your massive building which looks more like an Amazon storage facility than a computer server building.
• sand / grounds / realistate
• steel and iron
•• without those your facility can't even be build

• AC \ DC {not our beloved metal band ;)}
•• you need to power the servers, JBOD enclosures & HDDs, SSD enclosures to cache the HDDs, fibre optic backbones, CU cabling & rails, circuit breakers, switches
• AC regulation
•• AC regulation is a whole seperate topic which I'll touch briefly
••• I setup matrix UPS systems which take the AC from the grid, convert it to DC then make their own super stable PFC corrected AC for the server racks
••• This guarantees stable power on all rails in the datacenter
• AC is also generated on our own AC generator matrix
•• Some generators (in FIFO sequence) run concurrently with AC
•• When AC grid failures occur these generators give power within a few seconds to the UPS matrix, which keep feeding the rails in the buildings
•• The other generators spool up and stabilize fast keeping the datacenter running smoothly on power

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#LLM #HDD #SSD #DRAM #NAND #AI #microSD #USB #stick #hardware #technology #backup #datacenter #UPS #PFC #AC #DC #capacitor #components #computer #server #crises #boom #bubble #burst #DDR4 #DDR5
#Love #calm #resolve

[#TRADESHOW] 2026 #Shenzhen #International #Industrial #Manufacturing #Technology and #Equipment #Exhibition (#ITES) from March 31 to April 3, 2026, at SZ #World Exhibition & #Convention #Center, #China. The #event brings together full-chain #manufacturing #solutions, highlighting #robotics, embodied #intelligence, #smart #factories, and high-end #equipment, and serves as a strategic #sourcing and #matchmaking #business #platform for #global #buyers and #manufacturers. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/2026-shenzhen-international-industrial-manufacturing-technology-and-equipment-exhibition-ites-2026/

Is it love? Or is it an AI romance scam?

Don’t let AI steal your heart—or your money.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/479200/ai-romance-scams-valentines-day#artificial-intelligence #emerging-tech #future-perfect #innovation #technology

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A photo illustration of a woman typing on an iPhone.

Waymo is paying people $10 to close car doors.

That's the whole job. A passenger left the door open. Now a human has to drive across town to close it.

This is what happens when you optimise for everything except the obvious.

#tech #technology

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A navigation screen showing a short ride to close a Waymo car door, with payment details and time estimate for completion.

Just stumbled over one of my thousands of screenshots of SWTOR an awsome MMO if you love the Star Wars Lore. Her I get a great achievement since I love to play the healing classes

#SWTOR #MMO #StarWars #Star #Wars #MMORPG #gaming #win64 #ClosedSource #lore #technology #fun

Current weather in Kwamalasemutu SR SA

>> log

$ curl --verbose wttr.in/kwamalasemutu|lolcat
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Trying 5.9.243.187:80...
* Connected to wttr.in (5.9.243.187) port 80 (#0)
> GET /kwamalasemutu HTTP/1.1
> Host: wttr.in
> User-Agent: curl/7.88.1
> Accept: */*
>
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Content-Length: 9156
< Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
< Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:26:13 GMT
<
{ [2569 bytes data]
100 9156 100 9156 0 0 7320 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 7318
* Connection #0 to host wttr.in left intact

^Z

#weather #wttr #curl #libcurl #programming #technology #bash #csh #ksh #zsh #fish #sh #networking #http #ports #OpenSource #POSIX #Physics #Chemistry #Lineair #Algebra #Mathematics #Logic #Mobile #Kwamalasemutu

Cloud outages are annoying. Identity outages are existential.

When managed identity/token issuance degrades, “login” isn’t the only thing that breaks:
services can’t fetch tokens, pipelines stall, retries amplify load, and “healthy” apps fail in practice.

Treat identity as a tier-0 dependency.
Design for it to be unavailable, not just slow.

#Technology #Tech #Azure #CloudComputing #Identity #SRE #Reliability #IncidentResponse #ByernNotes

A couple of my installation DVDs containing Open Source distributions from the CD and DVD era of storage.

#Linux #distro #distribution #Xorg $Legacy #programming #ALSA #OSS #technology #OpenSource #POSIX

@rl_dane

curl log with transfer succes

wttr.in/nieuw_amsterdam_suriname

$ curl --verbose wttr.in/nieuw_amsterdam_suriname|lolcat
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Trying 5.9.243.187:80...
* Connected to wttr.in (5.9.243.187) port 80 (#0)
> GET /nieuw_amsterdam_suriname HTTP/1.1
> Host: wttr.in
> User-Agent: curl/7.88.1
> Accept: */*
>
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:06 --:--:-- 0< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Content-Length: 9015
< Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
< Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 20:29:33 GMT
<
{ [1209 bytes data]
100 9015 100 9015 0 0 1393 0 0:00:06 0:00:06 --:--:-- 2197
* Connection #0 to host wttr.in left intact

^Z

the screen cap is also included

syntax:

`xfce4-screenshooter -S -d 2 --window -s "$HOME/Pictures/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)_Screenshot2.png"`

#weather #curl #libcurl #programming #technology #networking #protocols #ftp #http #https #ports #OpenSource #POSIX #Physics #Chemistry #Lineair #Algebra #Mathematics #Logic

I am not advising you to use only everything curl online to get to know curl.

I often work on airgapped servers (they only seen LAN segments) where the man pages of all commands are crucial to have locally.

Use the site as an **addition** to the manpages.

#curl #libcurl #programming #technology #networking #protocols #ftp #http #https #ports #OpenSource #POSIX

curl libcurl
curl is the Swiss Army Knife of fetching programs

curl follows the UNIX principle, it does one thing, and it does it very good & curl has been doing it for decades.

If you want to know everything that curl does there are Man Pages. The man pages are not only for curl but also for libcurl. You are referred to libcurl immediately on the first page of man curl

This means that you have to read man curl and man libcurl

To make that a bit easier everything curl was created. Go there and check in a convenient manner what {lib} curl can actually do and be blown away.

I've made my screens caps on mobile. Look how nice everything has been divided.
I will also include screen caps from the desktop

https://everything.curl.dev/

#curl #libcurl #programming #technology #networking #protocols #ftp http https #ports #OpenSource #POSIX

Här kom beviset för att all den här hysterin kring åldersverifiering för att ”skydda barnen” bara är ett sätt att mata Palantir och uppnå total kontroll över dig och dina förehavanden.

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/

#palantir #technology #mastodon #discord #ageverification #PeterThiel #svpol #EUPOL

Data point #1002 on why this AI craze is bad for the world of computing.

#noai #hardware #memory #data #pc #gaming #backup #linux #windows #technology #selfhosted

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tweet, "Western Digital has no HDD capacity left, as its CEO reveals massive AI-driven deals have consumed available supply. "