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Real Programmer with screwdriver. Born to nerd. Respawned 80s game developer. Tech, games, cycling, sci-fi and old computers. Contents may unsettle.
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So, Bluesky is getting more crypto VC money, more AI, and a full year of steadily declining activity.

https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth

While the fediverse is getting quotes, UX/UI improvements, starter packs.

Hm!

Bluesky User Growth and Active Users

See how activity and usage of Bluesky has been growing over time. How many users are currently active? How many posts are posted daily on Bluesky?

It's another exciting Sunday to do some DIY projects at home on old computers because it's cold...
#Amiga #AmigaOS3 #FreeType #Emoji #UTF-8 #UTF8Now!
LOOK AT THIS FUCKING CAT

57 free browser games to eat into your day in a terrifying manner:

https://www.stuff.tv/features/best-free-browser-games/

57 best browser games you can play for free

%%excerpt%% Here's our guide to the best free browser games.

Stuff
Horrible elitist opinion: most programmers aren't very good, and we’ve just cranked their blast radii up ten times or so.

FUN FACT: the "nano" prefix ultimately descends from Ancient Greek "nanos", which means "dwarf".

Consequently, translating "nanotechnology" as "dwarven machinery" is arguably defensible.

AmigaOS 3.2 vs AmigaOS 3.3: what’s new in the next evolution of the classic AmigaOS

https://sopuli.xyz/post/43316453

AmigaOS 3.2 vs AmigaOS 3.3: what’s new in the next evolution of the classic AmigaOS - Sopuli

Lemmy

Hidden in the numbers below the fold: GitHub's atrocious 90.00% uptime is mainly due to AI. Ignore that (GLWT; they spam it everywhere) and it's ~98%, or 99% if you weight for the popularity of the services.
https://mrshu.github.io/github-statuses/
The Missing GitHub Status Page

Historical GitHub uptime reconstructed from archived status data.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith/116311817974687217

> In short, if friction is neglected, morale quickly ends up in the toilet and no progress to speak of can be made.

The whole piece is very good

Humans are losing the ability to think. It started w the smartphone in the 2010s and w generative AI we need to use it carefully and not let it take over our thinking. Just as we understans the importance of diet and exercise in the physical world, we need a digital nutrition plan. We need to train our brains. May be consuming a few dozen book pages a day should become the new 10,000 daily steps — to maintain cognitive fitness.

Very good read. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/opinion/technology-mental-fitness-cognitive.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W1A.78td.slRYbAGWv4t0&smid=url-share

Opinion | Technology Weakens Our Minds. It’s Time to Resist.

Just as we changed our thinking around physical fitness, we need to change our attitude toward cognitive fitness.

The New York Times