Mastodawn

It is deeply funny to me that Mastodon is a place where AI bros cry because they can't get any traction, but a single picture of moss can give anyone, no matter their other content or follower count, positive feedback for the rest of time.

Gorgeous na Shock!17h ago

Aral Balkan 2d ago

Oh, you just slapped a 1MB image on your web page? That’s nice.

Back in the day, folks were hiding running code and data in the graphics of their games that had to fit into 22KB.

https://revs.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/hidden_secrets_of_the_custom_screen_mode.html

#BBCMicro #games #rev #dev

Gorgeous na Shock!17h ago

Ian Hanschen 17h ago

if this 100% FPGA demo is passing for a shader, that’s probably my cue to release it. this is an early demo of my own work to replicate the 3dfx sst-1 pipeline in systemverilog. there is a non-canon geometry engine driving it from within the FPGA for kicks.

Gorgeous na Shock!1d ago

RE: https://chaos.social/@ki/116408153427146256

I like how (visitor to Epstein island) gets attached to his name like Link's Awakening changing your name to THIEF if you shoplift in the town store.

Gorgeous na Shock!1d ago

David Gerard 1d ago

regarding Lenovo UK service stealing my fucking RAM and forging the records: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/116217052540315029

just got email from BMJ of the original purchase. 32GB, mate. not the 16GB it now has.

lenovo silently closed the previous ticket. i pinged them just now saying i had the docs. how do i get them to you?

i stated what i wanted: lenovo to make good and replace the missing RAM that disappeared in the process of service.

the guy on chat is powerless, but I asked him to escalate and get someone to actually *email* me in writing re: lenovo's next action in this case.

then the connection dropped (thinking face spinning around)

oh and he didn't answer "how do I get you the docs", didn't even ask for them

i have the material now to go loud, but let's see if they get back to me.

Gorgeous na Shock!1d ago

wyatt 1d ago

usually what gets called "cynicism" is when you've been on the ass-end in a lot of life and you've seen a lot of bullshit people have tried to pass off as Good and Right and you're fucking sick of it.

Obama really late in his presidency said something about how young people are too cynical and i wanted someone to shake him by the lappel and tell him to wake the fuck up and maybe slap him a few times. And make him realise *and care* that he's just dismissing peoples' genuine problems because he isn't personally being impacted by them

Gorgeous na Shock!1d ago

My mom keeps sending me all this hypothetical bullshit. They're planning to do this! They're planning to do that!

Just... wait until they actually figure out what they're actually gonna do and share that, OK? I've got more important things to think about than every half-baked bill proposal or dinner party boast about a toothless executive order by an insane person with no chance of ever having a real impact on my life.

I know they're flooding the zone but you don't have to participate!

Gorgeous na Shock!1d ago

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✧✦Catherine✦✧1d ago

one of the issues that were mentioned is accessibility; I'll do my best to learn how to use a screen reader (in addition to listening to feedback on this) and fix the things that don't work well in #keepasschi

Gorgeous na Shock!1d ago

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kessler herd immunity 1d ago

https://www.theverge.com/tech/911888/netgear-router-ban-conditional-approval

The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason

Netgear is the first consumer router manufacturer granted conditional approval to avoid the US foreign router ban, though it has not committed to US manufacturing.

The Verge

Gorgeous na Shock!2d ago

Ben Pate 🤘🏻2d ago

Have you seen this news?

#Mastodon just got funding to add end to end encryption into their software.

So, some time next year, you’ll be able to send truly private messages to the vast majority of the #Fediverse

Im so excited about this.

Because it’s an open spec, this opens the doors for every Fediverse app to join the party.

Yesterday, this project was a proof of concept. Today, Mastodon has turned it into a stampede.

#E2EE

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/sovereign-tech-agency-funding/

Sovereign Tech Agency funding

Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.

Mastodon Blog

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