FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

HOPEFULLY FINAL EDITION: I've got login/fill split, and I added an ENHANCE button. originally it was going to say "INV. COLOR" but my algorithm is slightly more complicated, thus... "enhance"

When AirTags first came out and I warned that they were Apple's gift to stalkers, so many Apple fanboys told me that I was overreacting.

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@Unixbigot maybe we could extend this to the whole computer!
the only thing we show on the windows 11 box is a DRM-enabled stream of a different computer running software. Nothing to screencap here, Recall!

Welcome to RightsMail, the webmail solution that displays your email in a DRM labeled video stream to protect it from AI snoopware.

Walking around in an art museum
Me: *thinking in November Kelly voice* I'm quickly developing 1820's woman dysphoria

my fellow germericans… if elected as your bundespräsident, i will make db use ai technology to accurately predict in advance when your train will be delayed, so you can get out of bed an hour later. together, we'll make germany late agai— i mean early

‪one of my favourite parts of the deutsche bahn experience (trademark protected in germany) is when your train is delayed by 30 minutes because the track is blocked, and 30 minutes will come and go without any train, and without an updated time, so you panic thinking you missed it‬

Condolences.

Mike Karels of Berkeley Unix/BSDi died of a heart attack on his way home from BSDCon.

Karels was responsible for implementing TCP/IP on BSD, which was later ported to Linux. Since you're reading this, you are benefitting directly from his work.

RIP, Mike. We won't forget you.

https://freebsdfoundation.org/mike_karels/

KIM KITSURAGI — "What monsters actually taste good? Are there any?"

LOGIC [Easy: Failure] — There is only *one* explanation for this.

YOU — "Huh? Like, their cum? Their cocks?"

KIM KITSURAGI — The lieutenant just looks at you. "Monster, detective. The drink."

1. "Oh."
2. "Sorry."

A friend just pointed out:

"ADHD creates impulse control issues and, consequently, advertising takes advantage of a disability.  Ergo, ad blockers are assistive devices and interfering with their operation for commercial gain constitutes a willful violation of the ADA."

Let’s do this.

this unit acknowledges your presence
#mastoart

Exporting Godot games to robot girls.

Webfund.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1d7lfrk/littlebillyignoreinstructions/

oh, the mouse cursor is an extension of the human body so far as the brain cares, right? i hold onto the mouse, the mouse is part of the body now, and the cursor is attached to the mouse. i think that's how the brain works

Many, many years ago, a new specification called "XML" emerged. After a bit, people realized it was kinda useful for some stuff.

Then, something happened.

MANAGERS!

I imagine many conversations between managers / developers somewhat like this:

M: "So, what is the nice thing with #XML

D: "oh, it is a specification that simplifies stuff, since tools have a clean format to work with."

M: "So, what kinda specifications?"

D: "Oh, it can be more or less anything."

M: *starry eyed!* "an.. an... anything?"

I was teaching computer courses for companies at that point. Suddenly, my calendar was just packed with XML courses.

It is like very limited what you can teach, it is not really complex, so you talk surrounding technologies. But not...

"Our boss wants us to replace the SQL db with XML?"

"what?"

"We gonna use XML instead of MS SQL"

"... what?"

"He said XML can be used for anything..."

If you think companies with #AI plans have actual plans, with a strategy make sense, please think of this story.