Aaron Turner

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Coder, maker, and lover of pcaps. Sarcasm is my lingua franca. Expressed opinions are totally that of my employer. Team possum and crow. Squirrels are just rats with good PR.
websitehttps://synfin.net
githubhttps://github.com/synfinatic
pronounshe/him
Blueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/synfinatic.bsky.social
@synfinatic edge cases are always fun when you personally are not the one stumbling over them
@squads people have always celebrated addition more than subtraction, perhaps because it’s easier to see

Vivaldi (Chromium, closed source but customizable and with nifty classic Firefox features like RSS, also explicitly against AI) and Librewolf (Firefox, better defaults and privacy) should cover all excuses people still give to use this crap.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/brave-software-releases-origin-for-a-paid-bloat-free-browsing-experience/

#vivaldi #firefox #brave

Brave Software releases Origin for a paid, bloat-free browsing experience

Brave has announced the public release of Brave Origin, a paid minimalist version of its browser that strips out cryptocurrency, AI, rewards, and other monetization-focused features.

BleepingComputer

just did a server room tour with the new sysadmin taking over for the old one.

his answer for "i dont know what that does" was to power off the server

fuck yeah!

Cats can't taste sweetness β€” evolution turned off the relevant gene in their distant ancestors when they became obligate carnivores, and without working sweet receptors, a cat is as indifferent to sugar as a person is to ultraviolet light

https://spacedaily.com/d-cats-cant-taste-sweetness-evolution-turned-off-the-relevant-gene-in-their-distant-ancestors-when-they-became-obligate-carnivores-and-without-working-sweet-receptors-a-cat-is-as-indifferen/

#cats

Cats can't taste sweetness β€” evolution turned off the relevant gene in their distant ancestors when they became obligate carnivores, and without working sweet receptors, a cat is as indifferent to sugar as a person is to ultraviolet light

Cats are notoriously indifferent to sweet things. Pour syrup near a dog and the dog will investigate. Pour syrup near a cat and the cat will ignore it. Veterinarians and cat-food companies have long noted that cats show no preference for sugar in feeding tests, no matter how much sugar is presented. The reason is […]

Space Daily
SpaceX IPO naysayers seem to be ignoring that it seems too big to fail (and that thinking like that only ever leads to good things).