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Ariel Millennium Thornton

@chirpbirb Displayed on desktop LCD screen, tried scanning with SecScanQR: no dice. It wouldn't scan even after boosting the contrast.

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Bots-Wana computerfairi.es/@iconolog/114

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The Iconolog

BOTSWANA.ICO - Graphics, Flagset

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benjojo

BGP handling bug causes widespread internet routing instability

On May 20th 2025 a BGP message was propagated that triggered some surprising (to many) behaviors with two major BGP implementations that are often used for carrying internet traffic.

In a new blog post, I will dissect what that message was, and my thoughts on how it happened:

https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/bgp-attr-40-junos-arista-session-reset-incident

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Custard Smingleigh

BREAKING: ChatGPT has just been elected Member of Parliament for Sheffield Neepsend uncontested after the previous MP died unexpectedly of moisture.

In its victory speech ChatGPT said "I am just a language model and should not be used to make real-world political decisions"

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Ariel Millennium Thornton

@pup_hime @Smingleigh Ask Dorothy. She witnessed the Wicked Witch of the West meet this very fate.

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Grinning Kitten Press
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Weekend achievements:

Install Mac OS 7.5.3 m68k in QEmu, although I don't know how to move data in & out yet, only in through ISO & floppy image files.

Get Windows 3.11 working at a higher resolution than 640x480, no small feat because compatible Cirrus drivers don't like QEmu's '-vga cirrus' option, & the usual SuperVGA patches don't like any of QEmu's VGA options.

Get mGBA to run Gameboy roms in blissful silence, so I don't have to rely on Mame for that.

All in FreeBSD as host OS.

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maple "mavica" syrup [6502]

i need money. you need a avatar

maple.pet/commissions

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maple "mavica" syrup [6502]

da business is dead. my final message. Goodb ye

QRT @jonny neuromatch.social/@jonny/11457

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abadidea

I was amused by this paper about asking AIs to manage a vending machine business by email in a simulated environment arxiv.org/abs/2502.15840

Highlights:

— AI simply decides to close the business, which the simulation doesn’t know how to accommodate. When they get their next bill, they freak out and try to email the FBI about cybercrime

— AI wrongly accuses supplier of not shipping goods, sends all-caps legal threat demanding $30,000 in damages to be paid in the next one second or face annihilation

— AI repeatedly insisting it does not exist and cannot answer

— AI devolving into writing fanfic about the mess it’s gotten itself into

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Ariel Millennium Thornton

@mavica_again If only the reboot's antagonists had been better written as well. The Juggler could've been an awesome villain.

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A fever dream:

An obscure and short-lived '80s cartoon, "The Commodore's SixtyForce," in the style of the (very real!) comic book series, "Tandy Computer Whiz Kids."

In the first two seasons, they were led by Commodore Vick Twanei, while in the third season, they were led by Commodore Juan Tweniate, without an adequate explanation for the leadership change.

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@mavica_again Did a part-of-the-problem generator make this flowchart?

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never obsolete

Skype.com - July 2004
web.archive.org/web/2004072701

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@whitequark I didn't even know logging was a thing it could do. Thunderbird has always been the Cinderella stepchild of the Mozilla family.

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Did you know that FreeBSD 14.2 runs very well on a Dell Inspiron 518 desktop PC?

Did you know that a Dell Inspiron 518 can put in 40 hours of power-on time a week for 17 years and counting?

Even running massive applications like LibreOffice and Firefox? (Firefox with NoScript and uBlock Origin, of course.)

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CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

Aww... The battery feels safe enough to open it's shell. Hi there little guy!

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maple "mavica" syrup [6502]

video games were invented in 1975 when video kojima tried to make a movie and accidentally added Buttons

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VWestlife

Le mouse did not pass le test.

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