Paxxi

mjg59, 4 days ago to random

The "Recall can't record DRMed video content" thing is because DRMed video content is entirely invisible to the OS. The OS passes the encrypted content to your GPU and tells it where to draw it, and the GPU decrypts it and displays it there. It's not a policy decision on the Recall side, it's just how computers work.

mekkaokereke, 4 months ago to random

🤡There's a non-zero percent of the US population that genuinely believes that The NFL, Joe Biden, "The Pentagon" and Taylor Swift, conspired to create a fake relationship and rig the NFL playoffs, so that Taylor Swift could pop out in the middle of the Superbowl halftime show and say "Vote for Biden!"

I wish I was kidding.

Like, not a small percentage either.

ct_bergstrom, 4 months ago to random

It's not the apocalypse, it's just the sun rising over the Pacific Ocean from the California coast.

hazelweakly, 3 months ago to random

One thing that's wild to me is that we've gotten fairly solid at building distributed systems that are resilient, workable, and fairly decently designed... As soon as they hit a certain amount of scale, and only then.

So much shit out there just gets slapped together with every single cloud scale mega-cluster service and tool like its a limited edition box of candies that's going out of stock

mekkaokereke, 5 months ago to random

Oh no! Texas (Tejas) is majority Latiné?! What's next?

The Arid Zone? (Arizona)
The Angels? (Los Angeles)
The Meadows? (Las Vegas)
Colored Red? (Colorado)
Mountain State? (Montana)

This is terrible! Anya Taylor Joy is replacing us!

Reminder, most Latiné people are white. Relax.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latinos-now-outnumber-non-hispanic-whites-texas-census-data-shows-rcna90869

Boxer Canelo Alvarez. He is a white man with pale skin, freckles, and red hair.

samuteki, 6 days ago to random

The reason a Black Mastodon needs to exist is because White people have proven countless times to be so deeply entrenched in White Supremacy that they will, consciously or unconsciously, destroy everything that Black people make.

To even question a Black Mastodon is to admit the desire to erase even the idea of its existence.

hazelweakly, 7 days ago to random

Y'know how there's a pattern of behavior where someone says something is bad about the tech industry or community or OSS software or something, and then every single nerd within a 50 square mile radius says WELL ACKTUALLY??

I just realized that if, like, even 10% of them just... Sat down and spent some energy fixing the problem instead of insulting someone for experiencing it, we would've solved all those issues by now

Paxxi, 10 months ago to knitting

Today I learned this is a thing https://heavymetalknitting.com/ #knitting #metal

reckless1280, 5 days ago to random

I told you Decoder this week was bananas and here it is: Zoom CEO Eric Yuan’s vision is thousands of AI digital clones attending video meetings https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24168733/zoom-ceo-ai-clones-digital-twins-videoconferencing-decoder-interview

inquiline, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

New conspiracy theory just dropped:

He went on to claim he won Pennsylvania twice (he didn’t win in 2020) and warned voters that Democrats plan to “change the name of Pennsylvania” if Joe Biden wins this election.

“We have to win in November, or we’re not going to have Pennsylvania. They’ll change the name. They’re going to change the name of Pennsylvania,” Trump said.

(I know he's far too dangerous to be funny but I still found myself in stitches unf; I want to know the new name)

Paxxi, 4 months ago to random

Had a brief look at the passkeys preview in #MicrosoftEntra and got stuck. It says I need to register an aaguid for the authenticator app but the only way to get the guid is to register the app as an auth method?

I get that it's a preview but usually a preview is a checkbox and not magically guessing the correct guid 😂

Paxxi, 13 days ago to random

Software developers complaining about legacy systems should be forced to retrofit/renovate old buildings until they realize how spoiled they are 😀

filipw, 5 days ago to random

this is... crazy 😅 bluetooth headphones masquerading as wired ones

"True Apple lightning devices are more expensive to make. So instead of conforming to the Apple standard, these companies have made headphones that receive audio via bluetooth — avoiding the Apple specification — while powering the bluetooth chip via a wired cable, thereby avoiding any need for a battery."
🔗 https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/03/lightning-headphones-bluetooth/

jacqueline, 5 days ago to random

tech company ceos talk about "AI" and "LLMs" like it's the deflector dish in star trek: voyager

Paxxi, 6 months ago to random

As someone who dabbles in html when necessary I have learned a lot already only 4 days into https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/

GossiTheDog, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Tietoevry (24k employees, MSP) are dealing with an Akira ransomware incident on their Swedish services https://www.tietoevry.com/en/newsroom/all-news-and-releases/other-news/2024/01/update-on-ransomware-attack-in-sweden-restoration-work-progressing-at-tietoevry/

They were prior hit by ransomware in 2021 with some of their Norwegian customers https://www.tietoevry.com/en/newsroom/all-news-and-releases/other-news/2021/02/information-about-ransomware-attack-in-norway/

#threatintel

Paxxi, 10 months ago to animals

Trying to build a fence with helpers. They kept dropping the ball in the hole all day #DogsOfMastodon

Two black and white staffordshire bull terrier. One sitting and looking at the fence post hole. One standing at the edge of the hole looking down at the ball

Paxxi, 17 days ago to random

Microsoft reading the news, seeing all the hate against lgbtq kids being abused by their parents and thinking, hey that's a great business opportunity for AI!

#recall

Paxxi, 1 month ago to random

Chickens got a bit of leftover buns, never seen them this excited by food before 😀

Chickens sitting on a board eating buns

Paxxi, 2 months ago to random

Microsoft security frantically asking security copilot how to detect Russians

CelloMomOnCars, 2 months ago to random

"Heat pumps that fit in an apartment window could make a big impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-fred-gradient-new-york-city-queens-b2510714.html

mez, 5 days ago to random

Saw that Microsoft saying it’s a website’s fault if your password gets swept up by Recall if the site doesn’t cloak the password entry field following “standard internet protocols” which completely ignores the accessibility case for showing someone what they’ve typed in to their password field. Pretty sure every password manager lets you do this, and a ton of sites as well.

What a head-in-the-sand take.

bynkii, 5 days ago to random

Or hear me out: just leave it unplugged.
https://mas.to/@SmudgeTheInsultCat/112550339905414861

Paxxi, 5 days ago to random

Got called in to assist with a migration at work yesterday, the culprit? A missing / in a config tcp:/ instead of tcp:// leading to "host name can't be null" errors which made no sense.