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#owncast #streaming #programming #gaming #fediverse

https://owncast.cdrom.tokyo

Are there any good active USB to PS2 (the plug, not the console) converters out there? Buying a new PS2 keyboard seems to be a crapshoot of recyclability issues, buying an old PS2 keyboard is a gamble it will be in good condition, and most converters that are commonly available are passive ones that require the keyboard to internally support PS2 as well which doesn't seem like a guarantee on a new keyboard.

#retrocomputing

Had a wonderful discussion at the #osr26uk about social media, the #fediverse and science communication.

I am a firm believer of REAL, venture capital free, social media. Yet, many institutions still refrain from posting to Mastodon. They cannot appreciate the different culture and this is an issue, because it dampens the growth of the Fediverse.

I get SOOOO much more traction on my posts here than on Bluesky.
It feels like I'm screaming into the void over there.
#bluesky #fediverse

Reverse-engineering a 1986, Motorola 68020 printer postscript board and running #DOOM on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cltnlks2-uU

#retrocomputing #m68k

#Bloomscrolling #MendocinoCoast Botanical Gardens.

So Missy had a daughter? Interesting. I don't think I remember that in classic who. 🤔 #DoctorWho

Oooh! I'd love to see a showdown between the Doctor's daughter (Georgia Tennant) and Missy's daughter. Who would you cast as Missy/Master's daughter?
#DoctorWho

close-ups of the component side (well, the side with more components)

originals: 1 2

Had a go at making a pixel art image of one of our cats, Nelly, rubbing her face happily on some sheet music. My eventual aim is to try and cross stitch it, so I kept the number of colours to a minimum

#PixelArt #CatsOfMastodon

Ubuntu Touch Dailydriving update and some Misc updates

https://video.hardlimit.com/w/tCQJzeaKcoKeSQNxKMPVCY

The Munich Maker Lab loves vending machines. One of our oldest ones offers small DIY kits to build blinking rockets and UFOs.

We recently filled it up completely and now it's waiting for curious customers.

Stop by and grab one!

#hackerspace #makerspace #openworkshop #MunichMakerLab #MuMaLab #Kreativquartier #Kreativlabor #DIYMunich
#vendingmachine #diykit #blinkingled

If you wanted to make high-impact fediverse software, I would recommend making a simple daemon that does the following:

- Consumes RSS/Atom feeds
- Posts them as subscribable feeds over activitypub
- So dead easy you can host it yourself as a simple daemon on your server
- Optionally: collects replies as a comment section with a way to render them inline, a-la disqus, with some simple moderation tools. Simplest way to reduce spam would be to make it approve-only to show up on the feed.

You could extend this to allow posting on other servers etc. But, in other words, let more people use the static site generator they already have

I've noticed that a lot of people on mastodon write really insightful and informative posts and I'm over here posting every random thought that escapes from my head like it's 2003 livejournal which has made me wonder if I’m doing mastodon wrong, so will you please let me know?

New project

#ceramics

Imagine the news coverage if Palestinians were killing Israelis on a daily basis.

Oh yum!!

Wish I had seen this before I those BBQXchips!! 🤣

Edit: Tomorrow is National Grilled Cheese Day!!

After nearly 3 month in the making, my current project is "finished" (there is still a lot to improve), so here is another #notQuiteWeekly projects update.

I build a lamp, inspired by a flower blossom, made from plywood with 3D printed parts. I designed the project in #OpenSCAD and printed out templates to use with a router to cut out the parts. 🧵

Welp, I got laid off. RIP futurewei OSS rust team.

If you know anyone hiring systems engineers lmk.

Meanwhile in Gaza the IDF keeps on murdering children.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/10/headlines/9_year_old_palestinian_girl_shot_dead_in_front_of_classmates_in_gazas_beit_lahia
#Gaza

Humanity really needed librarians to own Internet Search, not venture capitalists.

Wetenschappers verzonnen een oogziekte. Ze genereerden twee artikelen daarover en stuurden die naar een preprint service om te zien of hun AI die artikelen zou herkennen als onzin. Dat gebeurde niet. Sterker nog, na verloop van tijd werden de artikelen door ALLE AI's als echte peer-reviewd geciteerd.
Ondanks letterlijke onzin teksten zoals "this entire paper is made up" en "Fifty made-up individuals aged between 20 and 50 years were recruited for the exposure group".

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y

I just realized I did my #introduction but forgot to mention something that is quite relevant to me: HI, I MAKE COMICS YALL!
Wonder if there are any other comic creatores here at Mastodon?

https://www.manoelacosta.com

#newhere #comics #art #arte

@techlore Do you know about @CoMaps and why it was forked from Organic Maps?
https://www.comaps.app/
https://lwn.net/Articles/1024387/

Do big tech companies understand consent?

Oh no, the AI rollout would have totally worked so well if it wasn't for those Damn Kids sabotaging it. They do it out of fear, you see, because the AI companies' random text generators are so good at, like, jobs and such.

Brutal.

When Microsoft acquired GitHub.

Hab gestern gesagt "Früher hieß es noch 'Wikipedia als Quelle ist Mist' und 'Glaub nicht alles was bei Wikipedia steht' aber der KI glaubt man heute alles! Wir sind verloren"

Und die Antwort war der Kracher.
"Die KI kann man nicht mit Wikipedia vergleichen. Bei Wikipedia werden die Kommentare von Menschen geschrieben. Die KI antwortet auf Fakten basiert."

Ich weiß echt nicht ob man da lachen oder doch schon heulen soll.

Früher Vogel

Was bei der Sache oft vergessen wird ist das Schicksal des frühen Wurms.
#birds

My son is 11,autistic, and obsessed with Minecraft. I manage a team of 4 Database Engineers. At some point I started to talk to them like how the parenting courses told me to communicate with my son and the team morale and overall performance has shot up so much we got an award

gandalf... yes... that was what they used to call me... gandalf@mastodon.social...
(smiles sagely)
*i* am gandalf@farts.cafe

Every time I lock my bike to a wall loop I fear a topologist will appear and prove my bike is not attached to the loop, or in fact, not even locked

#cycling

guy who only knows i18n, trembling: and... this 'l33t' you speak of?