calculsoberic

@calculsoberic@mstdn.social

He/they. A cat learning to code and co-admin of mstdn.social with https://mstdn.social/@stux. Bisexual and genderfluid. Interests: coding, writing, cooking, music, cats, art, and building furniture. Learning to hack. I also have a brain injury and may say weird things at times.

Favorite music: EDM, jazz, alternative rock, classic rock, drum 'n' bass, opera, classical

Substack: https://eric31b.substack.com/
WP Blog: https://secretdark2.wordpress.com/

https://en.pronouns.page/he%

#cats #coding #nerdy #DarkWeb

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mastodonmigration, (edited ) to internet
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June 20, 2023

So, here are a few tech news tidbits...

PC Magazine: Meta's Twitter Alternative Will Probably Be Called 'Threads' >>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/metas-twitter-alternative-will-probably-be-called-threads

  • the final name likely Threads
  • Instagram users can automatically transfer over
  • celebrities Dalai Lama, DJ Slime, and Oprah, have committed
  • will use ActivityPub
  • speculates not interoperable with Mastodon
  • speculates easy for Mastodon users to migrate to Threads, but not Threads/Insta users to Masto

eniko, (edited ) to random
@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar

Really feel like mastodon's design doesn't prioritize protecting users from the actions of a malicious admin enough. If the pitch is "if the admin tries to burn things down then you can move" then for that pitch to work it can't be that an admin can torch everything before you have time to react

Yes, they can always take the instance down immediately and in its entirety, but thats not what I'm talking about. But hey actually, if that happens there should still be a way to recover and move your account

EDIT: "make backups" is not a solution because the most valuable part of a social graph is people who follow you, and those cannot be backed up

stux, to random
@stux@mstdn.social avatar

Im kinda happy they don’t :catblush:

LikeItOrLumpIt, to random
@LikeItOrLumpIt@mstdn.social avatar

Hello musical artists. Write a few more lyrics. Repeating a few words over and over is not as compelling as you think it is.

LikeItOrLumpIt,
@LikeItOrLumpIt@mstdn.social avatar

@calculsoberic there was a band on Kelly Clarkson today that at first was sparking my interest, but then the lyric went on and on...and my interest was lost. There's def a wrong way and I right way to do the repeated lyric thing.

calculsoberic, to random

Someone had a link to Reddit alternatives earlier today and I can't find it...does anyone have the link to that post?? Thank you 😸 (it's something else I'm researching)

runarcn,

@calculsoberic There are some alternatives in this r/Modcoord post
https://old.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/14cr2is/alternative_forms_of_protest_in_light_of_admin/

guilhermedea, to microsoft
@guilhermedea@masto.ai avatar

Microsoft, for the love of the Lord, please just let me remove the trashy "My Feed" from the Widgets Panel, I'm begging you

calculsoberic, to random

Speaking of cars, my car is running again today! I know a lot of people on here hate cars, but at present, I find it a little difficult to get around my city without one. If it were a lot more bike-friendly, I would gladly do that instead! (They're improving at least.)

BiggestBulb,
@BiggestBulb@mstdn.social avatar

@calculsoberic Wow, in Atlanta too! Now we just need some environmental action to be taken in Florida as well. Jacksonville is literally impossible to navigate without a car

mysk, (edited ) to privacy

The rogue 2FA app that steals scanned secrets is now ranked 18 on the German App Store for the productivity category. No wonder! The app disguises as a Microsoft app. It is the top hit when you search for "Microsoft Authenticator" and the developer has updated the screenshots in the ad card to highlight the word "Microsoft". Surprisingly, the product page of the app shows different screenshots with the word "Microsoft" removed.
The app now has 1.2K reviews, as opposed to 18 when we first addressed the app.

🙏 Boosting this post will help spread the word. Thank you!

calculsoberic, to random

It looks like the job that I "interviewed" for is some kind of scam, unfortunately. I told them I found a better offer! :bloblaugh: No harm, no foul.

tokyo_0,

@calculsoberic That sucks. Have had one or two like that before myself. Hope you're blessed with the better (and genuine) opportunity you deserve soon!

kingu,
@kingu@mstdn.social avatar

@calculsoberic

My favourite interview ever was very long, they seem very interested in my skills but then they explained I wont be paid, I need to "believe in their project"...

jargoggles,

@kingu @calculsoberic
Funny story, the bank "believes" I need to make my mortgage payments, the grocery store "believes" I need to pay for food, and the city "believes" I need to give them money for utilities.

jeremycshipp, to random
@jeremycshipp@mastodon.social avatar

You are fantastic. You are a claymation film based on the Garden of Earthly Delights. You are a lichen witch living in a cottage with enormous capybara legs. You are Tom Bombadil's family recipe book. You are a ghost train populated by rubber bats and plywood ghouls.

stux, to random
@stux@mstdn.social avatar

Working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need..

  • Somewhere from Fight Club

TED video about poverty and ‘universal basic income’

SallyStrange, to random

You can get rich people to do anything if you charge them enough for it

swiff, to random
@swiff@wizzzard.online avatar

when i die seal my corpse in the inescapable death sub

rysiek, to fediverse
@rysiek@mstdn.social avatar

Hug your today.

There's a lot of shit flying in the lately and a lot of times perspective seems to get lost. Yes, there are things we need to talk about, and yes there are things we will not agree on. And that's okay.

But leave the pitchforks and torches out of this.

Fedi admins put in the hours and effort and emotion into making fedi happen. Sometimes they make decisions we might not agree with. We should criticize, but we should not pile-on.

hhg,

@rysiek :flan_beer: to @jerry thanks for being our benevolent dictator! Also kudos to @stux and @calculsoberic for being awesome!

delta, to random
@delta@mk.absturztau.be avatar

⚠ warning: this game takes place in brazil ⚠

trabern, to random
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    SueInRockville, to random
    @SueInRockville@mstdn.social avatar

    Musk's daughter, whose new name is Vivian Jenna Wilson, asked the court to change her name to agree with her gender identity and because "I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form."

    theropologist, to random
    @theropologist@beige.party avatar

    And somewhat ironically, the day ground to a halt—all because of a train.

    theropologist,
    @theropologist@beige.party avatar

    Just look at this absolute beaut

    finn, to random

    your boyfiend, he single?

    finn,

    @calculsoberic oh my

    libreleah, to random
    @libreleah@mas.to avatar

    I'm postponing the Libreboot release another few days. It was due this weekend.

    Libreboot is ready for a new stable release. I'm making it more stable over coming days.

    A stable stable release.

    Planned:

    • Tidy up docs, especially install docs.
    • Re-test build system, possibly tweak some behaviours.
    • Modify release build scripts to provide ROMs with and without microcode on x86 (currently, it only produces ROMs with).

    That last one is actually WIP right now, in my local git repo of lbmk.

    libreleah,
    @libreleah@mas.to avatar

    As many people know, Libreboot policy changed to allow microcode updates by default, on all x86 machines. This is a correct policy, and shall remain, because these updates provide critical security and stability fixes that Libreboot once lacked.

    A vocal minority of users were unhappy with the change, and out of respect I did this before the last release:

    https://libreboot.org/news/gm45microcode.html

    Well, the new change mentioned in my last post is a continuation of that courtesy. Libreboot policy is about choice.

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