Just a guy up in the PNW. I came to Mastodon in 2018 wondering if I would find myself more inclined to socialize than I did on the birdsite but I didn't end up establishing an active presence then. I still post infrequently, I am mainly inclined to lurk and listen. But hello.
#SecondLife resident, #CriticalRole fan, other nerdy things
the US department of agriculture has this 1986 zine on snail farming on their website
incredible
An interesting stunt: Malus.sh will take your money and in exchange it will ingest any free/open source code you want, refactor that code using an LLM, and spit out a "clean room" version that is freed from all the obligations imposed by the original project's software license:
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/23/poison-pill/#kobayashied
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Holy shit. One of the billionaires has at some point grown a sense of morality. How did that happen?
Also this lady is fucking hilarious.
Google moved up its estimated deadline for quantum preparedness in cryptography to 2029—only 33 months from now. That’s earlier than previous deadlines, and they proposed the new post-quantum migration deadline because of two new papers that comprise a big jump in the state of the technology. It’s ahead of schedule, but not altogether unexpected. Cryptographers and engineers have been working on this for years, and as the deadline gets closer, it’s not surprising to see more precise timeline estimates come up.
"France Launches Government #Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins. France is transitioning government desktops to Linux, with each ministry required to formalize its implementation plan by autumn 2026."
https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.
This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x
Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk says Microsoft TOS. Also it says we can’t promise that any Copilot’s Responses won’t infringe someone else’s rights (like their copyrights, trademarks, or rights of privacy) or defame them https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/for-individuals/termsofuse
Then why the fuck are you pushing this bullshit on everyone? 🤡
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