Mastodawn

J T Mar 21

Terence Eden Mar 20

🆕 blog! “I'm OK being left behind, thanks!”

"You don't want to get left behind, do you?" They countered.

That struck me as a bizarre sentiment.…

I'm OK being left behind, thanks!

Many years ago, someone tried to get me into cryptocurrencies. "They're the future of money!" they said. I replied saying that I'd rather wait until they were more useful, less volatile, easier to use, and utterly reliable. "You don't want to get left behind, do you?" They countered. That struck me as a bizarre sentiment. What is there to be left behind from? If BitCoin (or whatever) is going…

Terence Eden’s Blog

J T Mar 19

Ingo Paschke Mar 19

Nethack 3.7 development snapshot fully playable on an Amiga 1000 with HDD + 8 MB RAM. #nethack #retroComputing #amiga

Oh the irony.

Windows 12 reportedly set for release this year as a subscription-based, AI-focused OS

So there can be something worse than Windows 11...

https://tech4gamers.com/windows-12-reportedly-relasing-2026-modular-ai-focused-os/

#Microsoft #Microslop #Windows #Windows12 #Copilot #AI #enshittification #software #technology

Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS

Reports suggest that Microsoft may be gearing up to launch Windows 12 this year, which will be a modular and AI-focused OS.

Tech4Gamers

J T Mar 2

Javier de la Cueva Feb 20

Actions speak louder than words.

I am unable to install EU Login app in my phone because I use LineageOS and not the Google Spy Android.

Thus, I cannot use the double factor authentication, mandatory from the 25-02-2026 on unless I tell Google.

A frontal attack to our #privacy.

Stupid, no?

@EUCommission

J T Feb 28

Sven A. Schmidt Feb 28

A rare moment where you root for regime change in all three countries involved

J T Feb 28

Retro haul of the day, was given to me. Useful for certain retro platforms that don't boot from USB but do have CDROM drives.

J T Feb 26

Anti-Capitalist Computer Club Feb 25

The web is drowning in AI slop and you need to be actively fighting back. Here are two #uBlockOrigin filter lists that should be added to everyone's collection:

This AI slop site blocklist is a curated, community-maintained list of AI content farm domains. Sites that exist purely to stuff ads and referral links between walls of LLM output that no human wrote or even checked.

https://github.com/alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist

Stevo's GenAI Blocklist strips AI features out of sites you're already using. Google AI overviews, YouTube summaries, Grok buttons, Copilot shoved into GitHub and every other Microsoft product, whatever the fuck Amazon's Rufus is… all gone.

https://github.com/Stevoisiak/Stevos-GenAI-Blocklist

GitHub - alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist: Websites I personally found that are completely generated by AI. Pull requests welcome.

Websites I personally found that are completely generated by AI. Pull requests welcome. - alvi-se/ai-ublock-blacklist

GitHub

J T Feb 26

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David Revoy Dec 9

@blueluma It's amazing how the big industry has brainwashed the audience. I now collect this type of accusation no longer monthly, but weekly. And as a digital painter with more than 25 years' experience, I understand why. In fact, my work (and other, billion) has been used to train those AI models, so AI paint like us. But please stop accusing work that you are not 100% sure about. When real humans are behind it and have spent full days creating that imagery, it hurts a lot.

@peertube

J T Feb 25

LobbyControl Tech Feb 25

In an open letter, we have joined other organizations in calling for Aura Salla’s appointment as Digital Omnibus rapporteur to be withdrawn.

Before becoming an MEP, Ms Salla was an executive lobbyist at Meta, serving as its Public Policy Director and Head of EU Affairs. And here stated goal is "to cut EU digital regulation".

Therefore, she is not suitable for the job as rapporteur.

Open letter: https://www.lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/uploads/open-letter-call-to-withdraw-aura-salla-digital-omnibus.pdf