Own a car, but are tired of paying tax on fuel? Reclassify it as an aircraft and get your fuel tax free. https://wewinganycar.com/

Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...

The Netherlands are famous for coastal defenses. But extreme rain is new to it. In 2021, some Dutch cities were seriously flooded by an extreme rainfall. The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management asked: what are the consequences of 200mm […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Vodafone verlässt öffentliche Internetknoten Vodafone steigt aus dem Peering an öffentlichen Internetknoten aus. Beim privaten Peering müssen Gebühren gezahlt werden. Los geht’s in Deutschland […]

The Fediverse feels more vibrant when conversations are buzzing! Mastodon 4.5 fetches replies from other servers to show you more complete conversation threads - another much-anticipated feature.

https://www.haustechnikdialog.de/News/30878/Stiftung-Warentest-Waermepumpen-guenstiger-als-Gas- WARNUNG! Stiftung Warentest jetzt auch von linksgrünversifften Habeckjüngern unterwandert! Lest lieber in der Grokipedia nach!

thank me later #discord

These #steam "Vote for my team" phishing scams are boring, when the scammer starts ignoring your time wasting questions. But the phishing site itself is quite clever. Fake login popup, but the shown QR code is real! Turning your steam "2"FA app against you (if […] [Original post on skaverat.net]

Übrigens: ChatGPT kann jetzt Landkarten! (Quelle der Grafik: ChatGPT)

My husband, watching a streamer go gremlin mode in detective simulator Shadows of Doubt: I could play this game with way more caution and patience [half an hour later] Me: you’re dying of hypothermia because you’re waiting on a bench instead of going home. Him: it’s fine, I’ll break into the […]

I’ve listened to the mighty mighty bosstones every day since i was 12 and i’ve never had a girlfriend

Vorsicht bei "Ja! Basmati Reis" von Rewe: Eine Person hat Glas in einer Packung gefunden Charge 4337256086370 https://old.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/1ohd5fn/found_a_glass_shard_inside_a_packet_of_rice_from/ cc @produktwarnung

And so, it begins. #voucher

I'm being informed that maybe amazon imploded again when I wasn't looking

It's always DNS. If it isn't, it's BGP. Which is just fancy DNS. #awsdown #aws

> Oct 20 2:01 AM PDT We have identified a potential root cause for error rates for the DynamoDB APIs in the US-EAST-1 Region. Based on our investigation, the issue appears to be related to DNS resolution of the DynamoDB API endpoint in US-EAST-1. We are working on multiple parallel paths to […]

I would kind of want to send #hugops, but then again it's AWS, and my empathy is not really that high

AWS Dynamo down. Affects Dockerhub (worldwide CI downtime), Slack (no comms in Enterprises), Signal, Medium and many more.

I love it when a single problem takes down large swaths of the internet. *makes another coffee and waits for everything working again* #awsdown

Today in Dutch crime: — There was a tax officer with legitimate access to a database of information on citizens, needed to do his job — His lookups in the database increased an order of magnitude, often after work hours — The people whose information he looked up were peculiarly likely to […]

I need "You're absolutely right!" as a tshirt

The first beta release of Mastodon 4.5.0 is ready for testing! Quote posts are finally here, as well as automated fetching of remote replies and a lot of other improvements. For server moderators, there is also a way to block registrations based on keywords appearing in usernames. Please test […]

the internet has broken me

I think Mastodon's proposal for starter packs is a significant positive evolution of the way Bluesky rolled them out. I wound up on a bunch of packs there and it was…not a great thing for my specific brain and purpose. I do hope the people in Masto's comments saying […] [Original post on mas.to]

After 14.5 years, the farlands will finally be reached. soon-ish https://www.twitch.tv/kurtjmac #minecraft #farlands #twitch

After 14.5 years, the farlands will finally be reached. soon-ish https://www.twitch.tv/kurtjmac #minecraft #farlands #twitch

“Drones over Europe” should be an experimental chill-out track on @somafm and not a daily news headline.

When the TV that exists for the sole purpose of displaying its HDMI inputs has the nerve to paint “WiFi not connected” over the signal

I know there's a lot going on right now, but the characterization by the president - to our top military leadership - of US cities as "battlefields" that should be used as "military training grounds" (and without "stupid rules of engagement") is a very big deal. Even by 2025 standards, this is […]

@iFixit is there a way to see the status of parts that are out of stock? e.g. I'd love to know when you expect to get new pixel 6a parts

Not to be too nostalgic, but one thing I miss about Old Internet is that there was a time when it was exclusively dorkwads under the age of 30, which gave it a weird sort of sweaty intimacy that's hard to recover.

"I didn't know I could actually remove that filter in the dish washer" followed by "oh god. ew"

Happy to invite myself to the European Open Source Academy (I received the formal certificate today, which turns out is signed... by me)

@operative https://cofe.rocks/objects/7da7fa1f-9ab3-48c6-b7ab-4b7c378dca64

Do feed wild cyclists! 🚴

19. september. 27 grad wettervorhersage. this is fine.

WELCOME TO WINDSOR CASTLE, DONALD TRUMP 🏰🇬🇧 The British public greeted him with a gigantic banner right outside the castle where he’s staying with the King this week—funded by 1,770 people. This trip is all about polishing Trump’s image 🪞✨ so please […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Me: why is everything so dusty? People who can adult: you have to dust. Me: what, like annually? Adults: no, more like weekly. Me: that can’t be right.

A day where @tom7 uploads, can only be a good day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH4MviUE0_s

Falls jemand einen 10€ erstbestellungs Rabatt bei coffee circle möchte: 993 852 467 Ist guter Kaffee

light-emitting diodes, except it's an ancient Greek hero named Diodes who glows

"Lukas hat nach außen geleakt", sagt der AfD-Abgeordnete Bernd Baumann im ICE am Telefon zu einem Unbekannten und meint den Fahrplan der Koalition in Sachen Wehrpflicht. Es gibt genau einen Lukas in der Unionsfraktion, aber der würde doch bestimmt nicht an […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

who the fuck called it a broken voip server and not