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New blogpost about 256 colour mode in xterm! Check it out, see the colourful graphics! https://crystalwobsite.gay/posts/2026-03-21-what_is_xterm256

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Crystal Mar 13

Christine Lemmer-Webber Mar 12

systemd goes AI agent slopware https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/c1d4d5fd9ae56dc07377ef63417f461a0f4a4346/AGENTS.md

has slop documentation now too

Crystal Mar 8

asie Mar 7

vim, harfbuzz, who's next? people ask in shock, but...

i think, fundamentally, the reason Claude and Codex are becoming part of crucial FOSS projects is the same reason xz almost became the entry point for mass-scale server hacking a few years ago. we've decided to make billion dollar industries rely on burned out, lonely individual developers who never found a way to get paid for their labor. we never managed to solve that problem.

these burned out, lonely devs see a tool that spits out the boring part of their work in a more or less functional manner if you squint, and it "only" (*) costs "$200" (**) a month. i can imagine why most people take it. heck, i won't deny that i am tempted myself, but my convictions remain too strong.

i've also seen some say that these people should step down and make way for new developers. who, exactly? i know how many months it took me to find a maintainer for one of the more popular Minecraft mods, and that's a position with both far more takers and far less responsibility on either side.

i think that a lot of what's going to happen to software in the next few years is the consequence of long term systemic issues. the introduction of LLM tools to the equation is merely an illuminant and accelerant

Crystal Mar 3

Niléane Mar 2

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/116160637051672728

the question you should be asking yourself is not “what's the best way to verify the age of every single computer user on earth”

but rather “why the fuck are we trying to verify the age of every single computer user on earth????”

and the answer to that is: fascism
stop. complying.

Crystal Mar 2

Irene Zhang Mar 1

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116154465008439745

This is so good. Everyone should have to watch this clip, especially in tech. Paraphrasing: “If you want to include women/minorites, but have no plan to keep them safe, that is not inclusivity, that is exploitation.”

Crystal Feb 28

Jess 🌺

&Feb 27

🦨today's headmate day for the two bad bitches of the headspace, check out our fursonas
🪐sure, I can be a bad bitch
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Crystal Feb 21

When's she getting her own comic book volume anyways?

#gothfield #garfield #furryart #furry #Krita #MyArt #Art

Crystal Feb 14

Noelle Feb 14

This excellent post by @ratfactor feels very resonant to me, as LLM bullshit continues to infect every facet of my industry

https://ratfactor.com/tech-nope2

A programmer's loss of a social identity - ratfactor

Crystal Feb 14

One week into self hosting a matrix instance and man this shit sucks.

I wouldn't say irredeemable; in fact it can do most things I actually want. But the Element people are so fucking slimy. The standard is atrocious. I don't fucking care about E2EE. I'm looking for "slightly better than IRC", and I'm frankly uncertain if it reaches that bar.

How could they fuck it up this badly. It's like I'm reading WG21 Profiles proposals again.

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