FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

one of funniest things in swedish political history is how, after the election in 2014, a new government was formed by a somewhat unpopular agreement between left-wing and centrist parties, and the obvious acronym for the name of the agreement was the swedish word for “die!”

actually you can. here on the fediverse the elon word filter doesn't apply

you can't say san francisco any more. you have to say san frannontransco

Thanks Durango Worker

#Capitalism #exploitation #workingpoor
#Amazon #makeAmazonpay #organize #union #solidarity

Today, I'm in the quarterfinals of the #BigMathOff. My entry is the math behind this surprising calculator trick AND showing that this trick has a second trick up its sleeve. Check it out, and vote on your favorite entry between now and 8:00 AM BST. https://aperiodical.com/2024/07/the-big-internet-math-off-2024-quarter-final-4/

@mcc Google Chrome, or even degoogled Chromium, is NOT "a more privacy-conscious browser". It's 1000x worse. Yes this is (yet another) betrayal by Mozilla management clowns, but in browsers like in politics, "X betrayed us" doesn't justify "so we should turn to Y who was 1000x worse to begin with".

So this, from Firefox, is fucking toxic: https://mstdn.social/@Lokjo/112772496939724214

You might be aware Chrome— a browser made by an ad company— has been trying to claw back the limitations recently placed on ad networks by the death of third-party cookies, and added new features that gather and report data directly to ad networks. You'd know this because Chrome displayed a popup.

If you're a Firefox user, what you probably don't know is Firefox added this feature and *has already turned it on without asking you*

Anyway, I guess that's a lot of typing. The TLDR is:

- There is now a feature labeled "Privacy-preserving ad measurement" near the bottom of your Firefox Privacy settings. I recommend turning it off, or switching to a more privacy-conscious browser such as Google Chrome.

- I have filed two bugs on Firefox about this, which I am choosing not to link to dissuade brigading. If I have not been banned from the bug tracker by next week I will file another bug about the ChatGPT integration in nightly

‪i am a well-known hater of Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth. that software doesn't deserve to bear the GS name.‬

‪SCVA more than deserves it, on the other hand. if you're interested in one of the fullest expressions of the 90's home computer music production dream, please check it out‬

‪it's still a beast though. 1600 melodic instruments, 63 drumkits, 64 insert effects, and it has different “maps” that let you use varyingly faithful versions of sounds from previous Sound Canvas modules, from the SC-55 to the SC-88 Pro. it even has the SC-55's MT-32 bank‬

Roland are discontinuing “Sound Canvas VA” on September 1 😢

https://rolandcloud.com/news/Sound-Canvas-VA-is-being-discontinued

you should buy a lifetime license for this VST while you still can, I guess. it's $69.

the announcement implies they might eventually replace it with something else, I hope that's true

#StarTrek #TNG A New Unity.

Section 28 ruined my young adult life. It kept me sheltered and made me push away people who liked me and who I also liked. It made me self-hating for a while.

Now in middle age I'm finally taking control of my life. I'm forced to DIY part of my transition because I cannot wait five and a half years more on top of the decades I already have waited.

I just want to live my life.

got the colours fixed! i was doing the right thing but i misread the code and only set half of the values

anyway my lombard now dual boots nt4 and mac os 9 like the unreleased CHRP systems of old (ok they were dualbooting nt4 and os7, but still)

Me when I have to work on anything remotely high voltage... ⚡💥🔥

Dad was an electrical engineer, and his stories of stuff he's seen both in and out of the Navy STILL haunts me.

#️⃣CatSalad

i did it. i can't believe it guys

BREAKING: U.S. phone giant AT&T confirmed Friday it will notify millions of consumers about a fresh data breach that allowed cybercriminals to steal the phone and text records of "nearly all" of its customers, a company spokesperson told TechCrunch.

AT&T confirmed the breach was linked to a data theft at cloud data giant Snowflake. AT&T said the data breach affects at least 110 million AT&T customers.

More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/12/att-phone-records-stolen-data-breach/

loudly insisting i have NOT shit my pants