Mastodawn

🎉 The critical amendment 34 (rejecting automated assessment of unknown photos and texts) PASSED by ONE vote, paving the way for the extension of Chat Control 1.0 to be overwhelmingly REJECTED!

Initial analysis by @echo_pbreyer : https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/end-of-chat-control-eu-parliament-stops-mass-surveillance-in-voting-thriller-paving-the-way-for-genuine-child-protection/

Niko Mar 1

First lesson in informatics in the elementary schools was to follow the "correct" procedure to turn on/off computer, I think it was called "power-sequencing" where to turn on the PC you first turn on the computer then the monitor and to turn off you first turn off the monitor then the computer.
This was, of course, the era of Pentiums and CRT screens and no ACPI shutdown.
#Pentium #vintagecomputing

Niko Jan 29

#zoia - button grid pad replaced, it worked like charm! Thanks to folks at Empress Effects for sending the replacement.

Niko Dec 20

Found this jewel yesterday at the bookstore! Who buys this, really!
#passwordsecurity

Niko Oct 22

I can't stand this amount of AI anymore! Washington post website article about GPT AI browser article intercepted by the ad about another AI browser from Perplexity, sponsored by Perplexity.

Niko Sep 15, 2025

#exosphere A very nice tool to get quick visual snapshot of the Linux patches, updates and inventory, I was looking for this for so long. Great work @mr_daemon
https://exosphere.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

Welcome to Exosphere — Exosphere 1.4.1 documentation

Niko Jul 31, 2025

Ziegelpark

Niko Apr 18, 2025

I want to be an astronaut like katy perry!

Niko Jan 4, 2025

Randahl Fink Jan 3, 2025

Donald Trump's presidency is marred by a war breaking out between Elon Musk and the MAGA Republicans.

Musk is trying to prevent Trump from delivering on his political promise of closed borders — but will Musk succeed?

Watch now on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/fPJ6LUq8HMw?si=jmZfm7eJxicI8RWQ

#ThinkWithRandahlFink

Trump's presidency in meltdown before launch

YouTube

Niko Jan 1, 2025

Gary Wong Dec 31, 2024

An #ITU study https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-internet-traffic/ reports that we transferred over 7 zettabytes of #Internet traffic in 2024. However, the authors do not describe what all those data actually were.

Therefore, I have performed extensive research to classify every byte, and I can now share this summary of the purposes of all the year's traffic.

Happy New Year!

Facts and Figures 2024 - Internet traffic

International bandwidth usage