Mastodawn

New blog post:

Getting an old Computer online with Android Ethernet tethering
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/05/getting-an-old-computer-online-with-android-ethernet-tethering/

#blogging #blog #retrocomputing

Getting an old Computer online with Android Ethernet tethering - 82MHz

στρατός 6d ago

Tuta May 17

Don’t call it age verification. Call it centralised personal data collection. And understand that it serves surveillance, not safety for children.

στρατός May 17

Fedilab Apps May 16

A new fundraising campaign is open to help me keep building Holos and my other projects across every platform. The full story, including what changed since my last attempt, is in the linked post. Thanks for reading, and for sharing.

https://ko-fi.com/post/A-new-computer-to-keep-building-for-every-platform-B0B61ZONP2

A new computer to keep building for every platform

tom79 published a post on Ko-fi

Ko-fi

στρατός May 16

Finally weekend! I wish the sun was shining and I didn't have a sore throat. Anyway, glad I finally had a good sleep.

Happy Saturday everyone!

στρατός May 16

Adam May 15

Simply Track Your Reading Journey Using a Markdown Book Log

Keep track of your reading journey using a simplified Markdown book log solution while staying focused on the activity of reading.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/track-reading-markdown-book-log/

#blog #markdown #books #reading

στρατός May 15

Tim Chase May 14

For the #SQL & finance nerdery folks, this was an good writeup¹ of fraud-detection using SQL, providing actual queries with technical explanations.

I'll grant, the audience for the post is pretty niche, but if you're an aspiring SQL dev, it has some strong examples using window-functions (including named window-functions² which I don't often see in the wild, since it's only become more available in the last 5 years or so).

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¹ https://analytics.fixelsmith.com/posts/sql-fraud-patterns/

² https://modern-sql.com/caniuse/window_clause

Six SQL patterns I use to catch transaction fraud

The actual queries I run when I'm hunting fraud in transaction data. Velocity, impossible distances, suspicious amounts, merchant clusters, off-hours buys, and window functions.

στρατός May 14

R.L. Dane

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May 14

New #blog #post: Mind the Shards

https://rldane.space/mind-the-shards.html

552 words

Mild #CW: I'm discussing mental health, and briefly, faith.

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #podcasts #MentalHealth #MandyPatinkin #frailty

Mind the Shards

στρατός May 14

Emma Zühlcke May 14

I’ve written a bunch of browser interventions / quirks myself. It’s fun, but it doesn’t scale. You can only do this for really big sites. https://denodell.com/blog/browsers-treat-big-sites-differently

Browsers Treat Big Sites Differently

Safari and Firefox change how big sites render based on the domain. TikTok, Netflix, Instagram… even SeatGuru. Chrome doesn’t. Why is that?

Den Odell

στρατός May 14

Delta Chat May 14

Good news among the bad news!

If the recent #0day attacks against Linux kernel+servers were launched against #chatmail relays, privacy of chatting with #deltachat is preserved. Why? Because we already assume the server could be actively hostile, and still not read or see any avatar, names or messages.

Since the March 2.48 zero-metadata releases relays/servers do not see cryptographic identities, and get no chance to launch "machine-in-the-middle" (MITM) attacks.

https://delta.chat/en/2026-03-31-zero

Delta Chat: Zero metadata, group descriptions, native audio/video calls and much more!

With the latest 2.48+ releases, a chat message reveals close to zero metadata to servers. For cryptographers and messenger enthusiasts, here are the key points on how we turned email very close to ...

στρατός May 14