OwlPaste

@owlpaste
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Cats, home automation and sometimes politics

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-March/043533.html

If you ever say "oh its just an optional field, whats the harm?". Well here is someone who put it together far better then I could.

This is why partial implementations of age compliance is always bad.

#systemd #ageverification

On the need for a censorship API for legal compliance reasons in some countries and U.S. states

@dutchbarracuda a while ago you mentioned a blog thing you were interested in, there is this https://journiv.com/

See if thats what you were after https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKoUh7VP-eE

Journiv - Self-Hosted Private Journaling

A self-hosted private journaling app with mood tracking, prompt-based journaling, media uploads, analytics, and advanced search. Privacy-first, self-hosted solution with complete data ownership.

Journiv
Time Capsule Tales (@timecaptales) on X

Multi-millionaire preacher Kenneth Copeland explains why he had to purchase his private jet

X (formerly Twitter)

Who could have thought that storing government IDs would expose them in any data breach?...
Anyone with half a functional brain...

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/discord-discloses-data-breach-after-hackers-steal-support-tickets/

#discord #osa

Discord discloses data breach after hackers steal support tickets

Hackers stole partial payment information and personally identifiable data, including names and government-issued IDs, from some Discord users after compromising a third-party customer service provider.

BleepingComputer

Totally ~~not~~ a robotic voice on a random spoofed phone number:

> Hello, I am HR from tiktok

🙃

#tiktok

Not sure how I feel about doing firmware upgrade on 12 lightbulbs 😆  

On one side, its funny, on another its more fuff to deal with . The unseen aspect of adding more local smart things to your house.

Next on the todo list, find where on earth I put that temperature sensor in the lounge to change its battery...

#HomeAssistant

Justine Moore (@venturetwins)

People are reporting that Gemini 2.5 keeps threatening to kill itself after being unsuccessful in debugging your code ☠️

girlcockx
Get a bassinet they said...
It be fun they said...
The cat... Look at me, I'm the baby now
#CatsOfMastodon

The sometimes slow and sometimes fast crawl to Nazism... again

https://youtu.be/sWHxKD27XKk?si=Bnql9AhoFlXpiULg

#adamsomething

The Dangerous Myth of Political Centrism

YouTube

@dutchbarracuda Thought you might enjoy some slightly positive LLM news for once. Its not complete turn around but looks like some companies are having second thoughts on this. One small, very late step but at least in the right direction. (if this is actually true)

And they still fuck it up by going Uber style gig... but its something?

https://futurism.com/klarna-openai-humans-ai-back

Company Regrets Replacing All Those Pesky Human Workers With AI, Just Wants Its Humans Back

Years after outsourcing marketing and customer service gigs to AI, the Swedish company Klarna is looking to hire its humans back.

Futurism