#Capitalism gives us the illusion of independence. It's a very alluring lie. And we're trained to tie our self-worth to our degree of independence.
The coming crises will be easier if we don't wait to do the inner work of recognizing our interdependence and the outer work of strengthening our communal support networks.
Now this is some bullshit.
Today: Don't have an "approved" phone? Too bad for you.
Tomorrow: Don't have a Google account? Good bye.
Another nail in the coffin of the Open Web. Those fuckers.
https://thecodersblog.com/google-breaks-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users-2026/
https://cybernews.com/privacy/google-qr-code-recaptcha-requires-approved-phone/
Given that the major search engines have utterly broken the social contract that implicitly allowed their bots to index content in exchange for driving traffic to your site, I suggest that blocking unauthenticated traffic as a defensive measure is useful.
Rolling a reasonable IAM stack for your hobby website is hardly reasonable tho.
But nowt says that, for example, you can't generate a uuid and a trivial password on the front page and use http basic authentication for anything further, with a FIPS-style "access to this information system is for authorized human users only" notice.
Because then, if you -do- see googlebot or whichstever scraper in your logs after, that is bypassing a control to access a protected information system, and thus an actual crime, with a unique ID as to the transactions associated with that bot to create an audit trail.
ArXiv announces a ban on AI content and the responses are hilarious.
> You expect us to actually read the papers we cite?!
yes, lol!
https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/
Get your passwords out of BitWarden while you still can
I was a long-time Bitwarden user, until a year or so ago when I started migrating my passwords first to Firefox/LibreWolf, and recently from there to a KeePass database I can transfer and use with whatever password manager application is compatible with KeePass' file format. It seems I was accidentally on time, as it'
https://www.osnews.com/story/145029/get-your-passwords-out-of-bitwarden-while-you-still-can/
@mavica_again Apparently so. It has a 98SE key/COA sticker on the side, and I swear I saw a 2000 or 2001 datestamp on the motherboard somewhere.
Today, I installed 98SE and the Softpaqs. ("98SE and the Softpaqs" is now my Rock-n-Roll tribute band name.)
I also turned on and started updating a MeLE PCG02, a Windows 11 IOT-like fully contained desktop PC. It started downloading and installing KB5089549.
From FDISK through Win98 setup to every Softpaq installed and a fully functional desktop with working graphics and built-in speaker audio took about an hour.
Windows 11 is still installing the one single update.
I got a Compaq Deskpro ENS/P600 (the EN SFF [for "Slim Form Factor"] series) without a hard drive and neglected in a very dusty business environment.
I gambled on a small SSD and a SATA to desktop IDE adapter, cleaned everything inside and out, and installed the SSD. The Windows 98SE install CD recognized it.
I had to spend an entire evening locating the relevant Softpaq files (only four out of a few dozen thousand with cryptic names).
@maddy Parts People has been my go-to vendor for Dell laptop parts for years.
@earthshine You'd think the butthole icons would be a strong indicator of its quality.
"i mean it was legit, MS copilot is in every MS app"
"shit is legit too, it's in every butthole, but you don't see me playing with it"
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