Mastodawn

Yes, I have to pay the piper again. This time. But piece-by-piece, project-by-project I'm migrating away to other tools - and I can only do that because all these incredible alternatives exist like @Blender @friction @Krita @kdenlive et al.

Benjamin 18h ago

Unsurprisingly, #Adobe is pulling the same bait-n-switch bullshit that #Microsoft has recently gotten itself in trouble for with the ACCC (Australia's Consumer Protection).
https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/microsoft-in-court-for-allegedly-misleading-millions-of-australians-over-microsoft-365-subscriptions

Adobe added generative AI to my existing plan, increased the price and then added a 'new plan' that matches what my original plan was.

"Creative Cloud Standard," is tucked away in their plan offerings - but strangely absent from my 'Change your plan' screen.

Benjamin 20h ago

watchTowr 21h ago

Over the last 12 months, watchTowr Labs uncovered thousands of leaked credentials: cloud keys, AD creds, API tokens, even KYC data - already being abused.

Join us on our journey into “innocent” developer tools.

https://labs.watchtowr.com/stop-putting-your-passwords-into-random-websites-yes-seriously-you-are-the-problem/

Stop Putting Your Passwords Into Random Websites (Yes, Seriously, You Are The Problem)

Welcome to watchTowr vs the Internet, part 68. That feeling you’re experiencing? Dread. You should be used to it by now. As is fast becoming an unofficial and, apparently, frowned upon tradition - we identified incredible amounts of publicly exposed passwords, secrets, keys and more for very sensitive environments

watchTowr Labs

Benjamin 1d ago

lashman 1d ago

RE: https://meta.masto.host/@GamingNews/115605997711619660

what a deal! i'll take five

Benjamin 1d ago

Every company I've ever interacted with seems to have decided that my email preferences to not receive marketing materials doesn't apply to #blackfriday - this year seems particularly crazy?

I'm getting emails from companies I haven't dealt with or had correspondence from in 5+ years.

Benjamin 1d ago

Samuel 1d ago

#Nodevember Day 24: Warp

A quick one today, with just a plane and a little shader. The new shader repeat zone is pure magic.

#Nodevember2025 #Blender #B3D #ProceduralArt

Benjamin 1d ago

Nathaniel Daught 1d ago

Hey [insert brand name], sending me unsolicited emails that I can’t unsubscribe from is one of the best ways to lose me as a customer, and does NOT encourage me to buy more of something…

#iStock #stockphotgraphy #spam #EmailSpam

Benjamin 3d ago

Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🏳️‍⚧️3d ago

I actually maintain a list of #Linux distributions that I bet you've never heard of, but still receive regular updates:

- https://paldo.org
paldo is a Upkg driven GNU/Linux distribution. It's kind of a mix of a source and a binary distribution. Even though it builds packages like a source distribution it provides binary packages. paldo aims to be simple, pure, up to date and standards compliant.

- https://gobolinux.org
GoboLinux is an experimental Linux distribution that Redefines the entire filesystem hierarchy. In GoboLinux you don't need a package database, because the Filesystem is the database: each program resides in its own directory.

- https://openmamba.org
openmamba is a Linux based distribution for notebook, desktop, server, single-board and tablet computers.

- https://lunar-linux.org
One of the great things about Lunar Linux is that it’s a rolling-release distro.

- https://crux.nu
CRUX is a lightweight Linux distribution for the x86-64 architecture targeted at experienced Linux users.

#Linux #Paldo #GoboLinux #OpenMamba #LunarLinux #CRUX #Debian #Arch #Fedora #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS

paldo - GNU/Linux Distribution

Benjamin 3d ago

BrianKrebs 3d ago

Social engineering -- the art of tricking people into doing stupid shit -- has always been the most reliable way to hack anything. Now with AI browsers and agentic this and that, we've actually built social engineering into the code. So it can be used to trick others but also trick itself. Brilliant!

Benjamin 5d ago

henk ✅6d ago

"Qualcomm-owned #Arduino quietly pushed a sweeping rewrite of its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and the changes mark a clear break from the open-hardware ethos that built the platform."

(source: Adafruit https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adafruit_opensource-privacy-techpolicy-activity-7396903362237054976-r14H)

Oh boy, that was fast! Somehow we need to find more future-proof models for open-source hardware. Letting the market do its thing is showing its true colors once again. Pure evil! 👿

#opensource #hardware #fablab #makerspace #electronics