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Boycotting the Eurovision is cool (especially because Israelis *really* care about the Eurovision) but this, right here, is another level

I managed to resurrect the Windows installation on my ARM-based Yoga C630. In case you find yourself in the same predicament here's how to do it: - Get the Windows ARM64 ISO here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11arm64 - Put it on a USB stick with Rufus - Grab all the […]

I read this depressing piece about how "AI" affected translators, and as I kept reading I couldn't help but think: this won't last long and when it ends it won't be pretty. If you've heard about model collapse, you know what is going to happen to these tool as they're fed with an increasing […]

It just occurred to me that Dante's Inferno is basically one long and ancient diss track.

I knew it! https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/cheers-science-shows-alcohol-does-help-you-speak-better-dutch/

"[Umberto] Eco outlines fourteen key elements or traits, which he refers to as "ways," that commonly appear in fascist movements. While not all these traits are present in every fascist movement, together they create a recognizable pattern. ... The fourteen properties are as follows: " (1/15)

I run into LLVM issues too often. Today’s case: Constants are hoisted out of a loop on Godbolt but not in real usage: https://discourse.llvm.org/t/is-there-a-function-size-limit-for-licm/88355

People with jobs they love: I love my job, it's not really a job since I do what I like every day People who love to work with computers and work in tech: fuck this shit, computers were a mistake, what the fuck were we thinking?

My Logitech F310 is literally falling apart and I was wondering whether to buy another one or pick something else. Do you have any recommendations? I really liked the floating D-pad on this one. I heard good things about the Gulikit Elves 2, has anyone tried it?

I'm going to leave the ability to quote my posts on for the time being. My hope is that the feature won't be misused. The fedi has been a largely polite and decent space in which to post - at least for me - so I want to see how it goes. Still, it's reassuring that I'm just a couple of clicks […]

If phony artificial intelligence has affected your job and your livelihood you have all my sympathy. And I will do whatever I can to push back against this madness. Against the rot it's creating, against the humiliation of professionals and their craft, against the disdain towards artists of all […]

It feels like Intel peaked at Haswell. The instruction set became complete: Since then, the additions have been for 512-bit registers in ways that might adversely affect the clock speed, and the exact set of extensions may differ between CPU models insteads of the instruction set growing […]

Tonight I'm sewing up holes in my socks #masculineenergy

today's software preservation task one of the great crimes of the 21st century was that Mark Jones' (Core Design) Darkmere - an isometric adventure-RPG for the amiga - was poorly visually documented by the usual places like lemonamiga/mobygames/etc. perhaps for […] [Original post on dialup.cafe]

Looking at the trouble with SSDs that recent Windows updates have been causing I'm not gonna insinuate that they've been caused by vibe coding. What I'm gonna claim is that when the CEO suggests that 30% of the new code within the company has been generated by an LLM then the quality of your […]

This is a really good video from GamersNexus. Excellent investigation. It's very long but worth watching, especially the part where they find a place that makes aftermarket SKUs that Nvidia doesn't even offer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H3xQaf7BFI

My informed professional opinion on macOS 26 user interface is that it looks like ass

I spent an inordinate amount of time poking macOS' low-level Mach APIs, and especially Apple's extension to the traditional interfaces of the Mach microkernel. The problem with all those APIs is that there is almost no documentation for them. Apple has written *some* documentation but it doesn't […]

I'm convinced that in the history books we'll credit BitTorrent for having preserved a significant chunk of humanity's cultural production

New blog post called "Algebraic Types are not Scary, Actually"

yeeeessss YEESSSS more batshit like this https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/

Hey Dutch friends, new battery storage crowdfunded project just dropped. Let's get those batteries humming: https://zonhub.com/project/dispatch-duitsland/ #RenewableEnergy #investment

I was today years old when I learned that the first two Amiga prototype motherboards were called War and Peace and the two computers used to program them Crime and Punishment #amiga

The wife bought a couple of tea blends called respectively "Summer love affair" and "pink grasshopper" and I was like: - You sure it was a tea place and not a coffee shop? Those sounds like pot brands - Yeah, it was a tea place, the kids tried it too - That doesn't matter, we're in *Amsterdam*

Two interesting #opensource ports of classic #Amiga games to modern operating systems written in #Java Lionheart #retrodev #retrogaming #retrocomputing 1/2

Ubisoft bel like: our public image is already shit but how could we make it worse? Oh yeah, let's associate with mysoginistic murderers https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ubisofts-deal-with-saudi-arabia-over-free-assassins-creed-mirage-dlc-has-reportedly-seen-staff-pushback

[uspol] Reading up on the US press and it's funny how nobody mentions the motive of Charlie Kirk''s murder. Seriously, what's the motive? It seems everybody is assuming a political motive but where's the evidence for that? We've seen a fair share of politically motivated murderers and they […]

Reposted with alt text #flexiblework #remotework #ReturnToOffice https://mastodon.social/@mklopez/115187361052628583

Solar made the fastest energy leap in history. 🌞⚡ 8 yrs to reach 1,000 TWh, then just 3 to surge past 2,000. Wind’s not far behind. What coal & hydro needed decades, solar did in a decade. Exponential change ignores politics & ideology — once it starts, it doesn’t stop. #EnergyTransition #Disruption

Having made 1337 contributions to the Mozilla Support Forum in the past 90 days, I find myself in the number one spot have done more than others (in my defence this was not the aim). The feeling is less of "look at me" than it feels somewhat similar to the wearer of the yellow jersey in the […]

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Tonight Russian weapons penetrated for hundreds of kilometers within the airspace of a NATO member state. Appeasing a dictator worked just as well as the last time around.

Imagine being able to build anything, for any reason, in any style, at any scale, just by thinking about it. Imagine having an idea and making it come to life just by describing it. You can plan, customize and expand in any direction. From tools built for one to platforms ready for many. From […]

The last NPM supply chain attack is a reminder that having dependencies is convenient and all, but keeping them up-to-date and safe at the same time requires extra work. And in many cases you might want to audit & vendor them (which is extra work!) to avoid ending up in a situation like this […]

> Some of our younger readers may not remember what an important resource Groklaw was during a crucial time in our history. Pamela Jones and those who helped her chronicled the ups and downs of the SCO lawsuit, keeping us all informed of what was going on, digging up information that was useful […]

Everyone wins! #alttext #accessibility

Spotify just sent me an e-mail to notify me of a change to their privacy policy. That's so thoughtful of them, because I didn't even remember I had a Spotify account. Now that I've been reminded I promptly deleted it. Thank you Spotify!

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Is there a guide somewhere on how to properly upload a music album to the Internet Archive? I've read about the basic stuff but I'd like to also add more stuff besides the music and cover: a scan of the booklet/back/spine as well as stuff like CUE/TOC files. Basically everything that's needed to […]

It's been a while. Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs. store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

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Ah yes, Big Endian Girls, my favorite Queen single h/t to @MrL314 for the joke

Totally normal people having a normal conversation https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/115140252572218507

One of the side-effects of the AI bubble is that we stopped talking about alternative solutions to computing problems. Everything needs to be solved with "AI" - meaning an LLM - and nobody stops and asks if there is an alternative. This drives me mad because LLMs are not only unreliable, but […]

indies, please don't spend your one-sentence pitch of your passion project on "a game where choices matter." It's about as informative as "a game where pressing buttons matters." Consider like: "A story where a princess must choose between three suitors." "An RPG where a mage's apprentice must […]

The latest Windows 11 update just made my ARM-based Lenovo C630 unbootable, and nothing seems to be able to fix it. This was a sign I should install Linux instead. I tried putting the AArch64 version of Fedora 42 on a USB stick, but it enters a kernel panic while loading the desktop […]

This is so fucking true https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hollow-knight-silksong-wont-cost-nearly-as-much-as-they-could-probably-charge-for-it

I think I've already shared this one, but it's just too good. Also I feel seen because I've been watching the 1979 adaptation of Anne of Green Gables with my kids as well as Space Pirate Captain Harlock. Original post […] [Original post on mas.to]