I probably shouldn't be allowed to use ebay :3

Google Forms makes GDPR compliance near impossible unless you're paying them for a subscription. For anyone still using it, it's time to switch to another tool.

https://docs.palform.app/blog/2024/09/07/google-forms-gdpr

#privacy #opensource #gdpr

This was the concept... A monumental GameBoy, half burried in the ground

The unit was modelled in cad and a frame was built out of some Bosch Strut we were donated. The outer casing parts were broken down in to segments that could be machined out of foam on our CNC router

Really tempted to try and get a tech talk accepted on AI that is structured like a catholic mass. We'd have hymns, readings from the book of horowitz and altman and communion where every audience members information is scraped without permission and added to the almighty model.

There were some rough calculations for the size of screen. In order for people to be able to play the GameBoy Monumental there would need to be a controller so one was designed by slcing the top off a cad model and then installing buttons / controls and a wire to send signals to the main unit. Construction work stated on making the outer shell and buttons

What's the whole hate on #btrfs is it worth a try or stick with #zfs

#homelab #selfhosted #selfhosting

So I'm making a "cab-over" truck camper! I started a couple months ago, but it need to be ready for a trip in October.

Here's the progress until now

Here is the back of the screen, the power supplies and associated cabling on a temporary frame and a picture of the screen running.

#RetroChallenge side quest: So You Want To Program an AM2732 EPROM with Your TL866II+: the programming voltage Vpp is +24V and the TL866II+ can only do +18V tops. With a bench power supply, an LM339 comparator, and a 2N3904 NPN transistor, I got the Vpp boost I needed.

🐬 According to Life, the Fediverse, and Everything, we've had 42 responses to our #Moderator Survey so far!

Last year we had over 130, we want as many people as possible to tell us how we can help support #moderation in the Fediverse!

If you self-host, or run a large server, or anything in between, this is your chance to help us prioritise our resources:

https://about.iftas.org/moderator-needs-assessment/

See our Activity Tracker to check out what we worked on this year: https://connect.iftas.org/library/iftas-documentation/iftas-activity-board/

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

An integer is more than enough for any versioning needs.

I don't know who needs to hear this but your fancy semantic versioning doesn't save me any time in validating updates to my dependencies.

The number of times that a patch update introduces backwards incompatible changes in 1.x+ software 😮‍💨

Damn, flowers, you've got a real something going on.

This is maybe a hydrangea?

I’m deactivating #Threads and going all-in on Mastodon.

I’ve been using both on and off for months, and my timeline on Threads has been overrun with shitposts, meme screenshots, and other nonsense.

I like that the #fediverse is smaller, more focused on building communities, and generally kinder. And most of the major folks I want to hear from are here.

a gentle reminder…

I need help from the english-speaking #retrogaming - bubble.

I played Police Quest 2 when I was about 10 or 11. The number of english words I knew then might have been... Uhm... around 20? 😁

I remember that there were many points that I only could solve with help from guides in magazines, because the commands sometimes were very police-specific. The one I remember today was the most impressive example: "Administer FST". Guess you had to Type it after "read rights", when...

1/2

Let's see how many Muslims are out there on Fediverse. Are you a #muslim?

#Islam #Religion #God

Please boost it so we can have more accurate statistics.

U.S. citizens, especially if you live in a swing state:

• Go to vote.gov (don't trust other portals)

• Verify you are registered and all info is correct. If not, (re-)register.

• Check voter registration deadline for your state

• Set a colorful calendar reminder for 2 weeks before that date

• When reminded, return to vote.gov to verify you are still registered. If not, re-register.

This is to fight the ongoing republican program of purging voter rolls, and to update your address as needed.

@Em0nM4stodon
That EU law does not require a #CookieBanner unless the web site wants to track your clicks or sell your data.

Because people do not understand this, they think "stupid EU law" instead of...

- "website owner has no respect for consumer rights"
- "website owner has no solid business plan and just hopes for a few bucks from the advertisement industry"

#GDPR

“Being a woman in tech is insane. We do not work in the same moral system model as most of the people that we interact with daily and we can’t talk about it, because when we do, we are the ones portrayed as crazy or hysterical.”

This is such an excellent piece by @irene – you should spend a few minutes today reading it.

#womeninstem #womenintech #compsci

https://www.sigops.org/2024/the-moral-implications-of-being-a-moderately-successful-computer-scientist-and-a-woman/

Most recent players to lead their teams in 1B, 2B, 3B, HR, and SB 2024 - Elly De La Cruz (CIN - as of now) 2023 - Julio Rodríguez (SEA) 1984 - José Cruz (HOU) 1972 - Willie Davis (LAD) 1963 - Vada Pinson (CIN) 1963 - Max Alvis (CLE) 1962 - Hank Aaron (MIL) 1962 - Chuck Hinton (WAS)

Hi Mastodon! I'm Pal, a passionate Rust/Go developer and open-source fan.

I've recently built an open-source, private, end-to-end encrypted form builder as an alternative to slightly creepier tools like Google Forms.

It's built in Rust and Svelte with lots of wasm for the encryption bits.

Check it out and let me know what you think: https://palform.app

Repo: https://github.com/palform/palform

#opensource #privacy #rust #software

The @cologop’s Director of Special Initiatives responds to concerns about white supremacist violence against migrants, saying: “Ha. Racism. Then leave.” #copolitics

the dirty secret of car culture is that without constant implicit threats of violence, cars would be far too inefficient to ever get anywhere in the city.

only a real asshole will say that out loud, but it’s always been true!

This is a proposal to expand the tried tl;dr standard for further usecases.

The authors propose

pw;dr - paywall; didn't read
ai;dr - ai, didn't read

This is a draft.

Bridge between Mastodon and Bluesky is up and running again 🥳 If you want to create a mirror account on the other service, just follow the Bridgy Fed account. No need to worry about which is better, Mastodon or Bluesky, you can be on both at the same time. (works okayish)

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xbifsywyv5pka5jlknhv5yv3/post/3l3l627zcnp52

Do you/have you ever used Flickr?

Please share this poll freely, I would love a reasonably large pool

Members from diverse countries gather around the table to discuss cutting-edge geospatial technology.
#sotm #sotm2024 #OpenStreetMap #Nairobi #FuruhashiLab #古橋研究室

@prami spotted!

Announcement: Firefish will enter maintenance mode

For those who have been supporting Firefish and me, I can’t thank you enough. But today, I have to make an announcement of my very difficult decision: As of today’s release, Firefish will enter maintenance mode and reach end-of-support at the end of the year. The main reasons for this are as follows.

In February, Kainoa suddenly transferred the ownership of Firefish to me. This transition came without prior notice, which took me aback. I still wish Kainoa had consulted with me in advance. At that time, some people were already saying that “Firefish is coming back”, making it challenging to address the situation. Also, since there were several hundred active Firefish servers at that point, I could not suddenly discontinue the project, so I took over the project unwillingly.

Over the past seven months, I have been maintaining Firefish alone. All other former maintainers have left, leaving me solely responsible for managing issues, reviewing merge requests, testing, and releasing new versions. This situation has had a significant impact on my personal life.

Frankly speaking, there are numerous bugs and questionable logic in the current Firefish codebase. While I attempted to fix them, balancing this work with my personal life made it clear that it would take ages, and I’ve started thinking that I can’t manage this project in the long run. Additionally, vulnerabilities have been reported approximately once a month. Addressing vulnerabilities, communicating privately with reporters, and testing fixes have proven overwhelming and unsustainable. Moreover, a certain percentage of users have made insulting comments, which have severely affected my mental well-being and made me fearful of opening social media apps.

I will do my best to refund the donations made to Firefish via OpenCollective, but that’s not guaranteed.

firefish.dev and info.firefish.dev will remain operational until the end of February 2025, after which they will return a 410 Gone status.

Server admins may downgrade Firefish to version 20240206/1.0.5-rc and migrate to another *key variant, or may fork Firefish to maintain.

Downgrade instructions: https://firefish.dev/firefish/firefish/-/blob/downgrade/docs/downgrade.md

Thanks,
naskya

Seen on billboards along I-276 and RT 422 near Philadelphia: "Trump: Lowering Taxes for Everyone!" "Trump: A Champion For Equal Rights" "Trump: Bringing Peace to the World!" (Verbatim, I swear) But it's Harris who needs to put forth realistic, detailed policy proposals, NYT tells me.