Won a bunch of games of Solitaire and then rearranged the cards for maximum negative points, to distract me from the horrors.

(Still ended up with >0 points on OS/2, because don’t ask me.)

https://www.uninformativ.de/desktop/2025%2D11%2D04%2D%2Dkatriawm%2Dsolitaire.png

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This is Part 4 of our MCP Horror Stories series, where we examine real-world security incidents that expose the devastating vulnerabilities in AI infrastructure and demonstrate how Docker MCP Gateway provides enterprise-grade protection against sophisticated attack vectors. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has transformed how developers integrate AI agents with their development environments. Tools like… ⌘ Read more

@dce@hashnix.club Nope. 😃 What’s that genre called? Sounds like old horror movies from the 70’ies (or it could be a soundtrack to Salad Fingers, if anyone remembers that).

In 1996, they came up with the X11 “SECURITY” extension:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4w548u/what_is_up_with_the_x11_security_extension/

This is what could have (eventually) solved the security issues that we’re currently seeing with X11. Those issues are cited as one of the reasons for switching to Wayland.

That extension never took off. The person on reddit wonders why – I think it’s simple: Containers and sandboxes weren’t a thing in 1996. It hardly mattered if X11 was “insecure”. If you could run an X11 client, you probably already had access to the machine and could just do all kinds of other nasty things.

Today, sandboxing is a thing. Today, this matters.

I’ve heard so many times that “X11 is beyond fixable, it’s hopeless.” I don’t believe that. I believe that these problems are solveable with X11 and some devs have said “yeah, we could have kept working on it”. It’s that people don’t want to do it:

Why not extend the X server?

Because for the first time we have a realistic chance of not having to do that.

https://wayland.freedesktop.org/faq.html

I’m not in a position to judge the devs. Maybe the X.Org code really is so bad that you want to run away, screaming in horror. I don’t know.

But all this was a choice. I don’t buy the argument that we never would have gotten rid of things like core fonts.

All the toolkits and programs had to be ported to Wayland. A huge, still unfinished effort. If that was an acceptable thing to do, then it would have been acceptable to make an “X12” that keeps all the good things about X11, remains compatible where feasible, eliminates the problems, and requires some clients to be adjusted. (You could have still made “X11X12” like “XWayland” for actual legacy programs.)

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Push for e-scooter ban as mum recalls 11yo son’s horror crash
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10 Horror Films That Failed to Launch Their Franchise
Horror, more than any other cinematic genre, is obsessed with franchise building, owing to the low-cost, high-reward potential. But movie making is big business, and financiers and studios are not afraid to pull the plug if they don’t see a big payday ahead, no matter the project. These movies were set up for sequels and […]

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10 Non-musical Films with Epic Musical Scenes
Generic conventions exist to signpost the kind of movie we are going to see and ensure we aren’t broadsided with teeny-bopper romance in our body horror or explosions and car chases in our period drama. And yet, plenty of filmmakers find subtle ways to break expectations while maintaining their film’s overarching genre. Only a select […]

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Ten Horror Games That Were Banned for Being Even Darker
We’ve already covered the ten horror games banned for being too dark, but apparently, there’s no shortage of developers willing to take things even further. Whether it’s graphic violence, real-life tragedies turned into “entertainment,” or just concepts that should’ve been rejected immediately, these games didn’t just cross the line—they removed it. Due to commenters’ demands, […]

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Finally, an answer to why Earth’s oceans have been on a record-hot streak
Sachi Kitajima Mulkey,  Staff Writer  -  Popular Science / Grist

_Stephan: I have a dozen more stories about the disaster that is occurring as “king” Trump attempts to get confirmation of the utterly incompetent people he is attempting to appoint. I have a dozen stories in my file about Kash Patel, Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, and a host of other horrors that have been n … ⌘ Read more

** Not what I was expecting **
A while ago I was talking with someone about books. I mentioned that I like to read capital R romance novels, and like 19th century literary realism.

This person excitedly recommended Victor LaValle’s The Changeling. Knowing nothing about it, and because I pretty much say“yes” to any book recommendation I get from a real live person that I can find at the library, I’ve been reading it.

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Top Ten Ways to Become a Zombie
Zombies aren’t just figments of horror movies and video games—they’re inspired by very real and very horrifying diseases. The world is teeming with ways to turn you (or something else) into the walking undead. Whether it’s a syndrome that convinces you you’re already dead or a virus that rewires you to bite your neighbors, this […]

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A consensus is emerging: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Where is the action?
Nesrine Malik,  Columnist  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: Day after day, in both the American and international media, I see and read, or watch, horror story after horror story of Israel’s ongoing genocide of Muslims, much of it done with weapons given to fascist Netanyahu by Presidents Trump and Biden. Two men who, in my opinion, are both too old to hold th … ⌘ Read more

UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
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I wish I could absorb some of the horrors the rescue workers will encounter in Valencia’s underground garages and basements, so they could somewhat manage on with their own lives after… #realheroes #cannotunsee

Recent #fiction #scifi #reading:

• The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa. Lovely writing. Very understated; reminded me of Kazuo Ishiguro. Sort of like Nineteen Eighty-Four but not. (I first heard it recommended in comparison to that work.)

• Subcutanean by Aaron Reed; https://subcutanean.textories.com/ . Every copy of the book is different, which is a cool idea. I read two of them (one from the library, actually not different from the other printed copies, and one personalized e-book). I don’t read much horror so managed to be a little creeped out by it, which was fun.

• The Wind from Nowhere, a 1962 novel by J. G. Ballard. A random pick from the sci-fi section; I think I picked it up because it made me imagine some weird 4-dimensional effect (“from nowhere” meaning not in a normal direction) but actually (spoiler) it was just about a lot of wind for no reason. The book was moderately entertaining but there was nothing special about it.

Currently reading Scale by Greg Egan and Inversion by Aric McBay.

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Update on my Fibre to the Premise upgrade (FTTP). NBN installer came out last week to install the NTD and Utility box, after some umming and arring, we figured out the best place to install it. However this mean he wasn’t able to look it up to the Fibre in the pit, and required a 2nd team to come up and trench a new trench and conduit and use that to feed Fibre from the pit to the utility box.

I rang up my ISP to find out when this 2nd team was booked, only to discover to my horror and the horror of my ISP that this was booked a month out on the 2rd Feb 2024! 😱

After a nice small note from my provider to NBN, suddenly I get a phone call and message from an NBN team that do trenching to say it would be done on Saturday (today). That got completed today (despite the heavy rain).

Now all that’s left is a final NBN tech to come and hook the two fibre pieces together and “light it up”! 🥳

@xuu@txt.sour.is That was one of the horror puzzles where I had to look for help. 🥴 I modelled my solution after this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pDSooPLLkI (I can’t explain it better than the video anyway.) It takes a second on my machine and that’s with my own hashmap implementation which is probably not the fastest one.

Кооперативный хоррор Lethal Company возглавил недельный чарт Steam среди платных и бесплатных игр
Cyberpunk 2077 снова вернулась в топ-10.

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@fastidious@arrakis.netbros.com the things Gemini has going for it are mutual TLS and lack of JavaScript. Which makes for a secure albeit boring experience (much like gopher). The fake markdown is a bit of a drag.

A render mode for Gemini probably wouldnt be too hard. There are markdown to Gemini libs out there.

With Web3 the whole trust a 3rd party browser ext + high fees + env impact for compute and storage are serious no gos for me.. I have heard one too many horror stories about clicking the wrong link and some script draining your metamask wallet.

@fastidious@arrakis.netbros.com the things Gemini has going for it are mutual TLS and lack of JavaScript. Which makes for a secure albeit boring experience (much like gopher). The fake markdown is a bit of a drag.

A render mode for Gemini probably wouldnt be too hard. There are markdown to Gemini libs out there.

With Web3 the whole trust a 3rd party browser ext + high fees + env impact for compute and storage are serious no gos for me.. I have heard one too many horror stories about clicking the wrong link and some script draining your metamask wallet.

On the blog: Short Fiction — The Gevkahahal https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/31/gevkahahal.html #freeculture #creativecommons #fiction #horror

5-word horror story: law of conversation of valence

Next on my watch list of horror films is US

GitHub - historicalsource/lurkinghorror: The Lurking Horror, by Dave Lebling (Infocom) https://github.com/historicalsource/lurkinghorror

Let’s Discuss Horror | CRISWELL | Cinema Cartography - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cryX-ZU1h0

“You like horror movies, huh? What are your favorite genres?” “Well, mostly gothic & art deco, but Burnt Offerings was a fantastic greek revival flick”

hollywood: let’s make horror movies about freemasonry; dario argento: DID SOMEBODY SAY MASONRY?? I LOVE STONEWORK

I tried really hard to give The Amityville Horror another chance but all I can think is: how the hell is a movie starring Margot Kidder this bad and this boring? Steven King came around on it but I guess I won’t.

Zombies, Slashers, Ghosts and Extreme Gore: Ranking All 21 of Lucio Fulci’s Horror Films - Bloody Disgusting https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3550177/zombies-slashers-ghosts-extreme-gore-ranking-21-lucio-fulcis-horror-films/

OFFICIAL TRAILER - IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS - THE DEFINITIVE ‘80s HORROR DOC - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AKnO2hr7b0

I wrote an essay about folk horror as seen as a subgenre of speculative fiction, on May Day of 2017: https://modernmythology.net/folk-horror-as-speculative-sociology-c1e24d0c106?source=friends_link&sk=1573bafd20abaf410c71c44a472c1d85

So glad to see some fresh, new, good-looking folk-horror with Midsommar. Judging by previous work on Hereditary, it should be fantastic.

A short history of 20th century African-American horror literature | jessnevins.com http://jessnevins.com/blog/?p=842

A Short History of Italian Horror - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJCo35gX7j0

Why Our Horror Movies Are Different Now “ Wisecrack Edition - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqW_ElEnLGI

We’ve Wanted This Kind of Horror Movie from Edgar Wright for a Long Time https://filmschoolrejects.com/edgar-wright-horror-movie-2019/

Danish haunted-house studies seek to reveal the seductive appeal of horror | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/danish-haunted-house-studies-seek-to-reveal-the-seductive-appeal-of-horror/

I’d like to play a horror game that’s lit like Suspiria is during its most extreme moments: backgrounds & characters in bright monochrome washes, a cypher of harsh shadows, as though lit by single-point neon.

Strongly recommend ‘Horror Noire’ for folks who are interested in the history of horror on film. It filled in some big gaps in the timeline for me. It’s available on Shudder, which is also streaming some flicks covered.

Giallo Is the Horror Subgenre You Need to Explore | Nerdist https://nerdist.com/giallo-horror-subgenre-need-to-explore/

Cragne Manor, an 84-room horror “exquisite corpse” text adventure that’s a tribute to the classic game Anchorhead / Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2018/12/09/massively-multi-developer.html

All Hallmark Christmas movies are horror films in disguise | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2018/11/19/all-hallmark-christmas-movies-are-horror-films-in-disguise/

Band name of the day: the danish vowel horror

Why the Victorian mansion is a horror icon - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xvNhN1PsRw

This Artist’s Personalized AI Horror Movie Is Messing With His Head https://breakermag.com/kevin-aboschs-is-being-manipulated-by-his-own-ai/

Hot take: the primary function of a horror movie is not to be scary, but to be /creepy/. If you don’t know the difference, watch better horror movies.

After World War I, Horror Movies Were Invaded By an Army of Reanimated Corpses https://longreads.com/2018/10/31/after-world-war-i-horror-movies-were-invaded-by-an-army-of-reanimated-corpses/

‘Do you prefer horror movies or comedy movies’ is a good way of phrasing ‘with what degree of intensity are you comfortable having your mental constructs challenged’. ‘Hausu is my favorite movie’ is a valid & illuminating response.

The Shining has apparently forever turned Midnight with the Stars and You into a ‘horror song’. I’m sure some flapper ghosts are very unhappy with that categorization. They can’t do anything about it, though: ghosts are weak.

If Halloween 3 had been Halloween 2 (i.e., if Michael Meyers was a one-off & there was never the expectation set that he’d come back) we could have had a great yearly horror anthology series for the past 40 years.

Top 5 Anti-Capitalist Horror Movies – Halloween 2018 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByESrVvuWkc

The Others: Why Women Are Shut Out of Horror https://longreads.com/2018/10/25/the-others-why-women-are-shut-out-of-horror/

Letting neural networks be weird • Neural Horror Picture Show http://aiweirdness.com/post/179211399427/neural-horror-picture-show

Bad idea of the day: watching FEWER horror movies in october because you need a break from the rest of the year

Bram Stoker’s Dracula Is More Than Gothic Horror. It’s a Love Letter to Moviemaking. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a23570109/bram-stokers-dracula-review-francis-ford-coppolla/

Sam Raimi - How Does Horror Comedy Work? (video essay) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwcjToDEsUY

QOTD: ‘For Lovecraft, if all horror can be explained by natural law, then the obvious inference is that natural law is horrific.’

Horror is a dark and piercing reflection of our anxious times | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/horror-is-a-dark-and-piercing-reflection-of-our-anxious-times

In case you were wondering, indeed, Female Prisoner Scorpion is a MUCH better movie than the title makes it sound like. (It is exploitation, but it is ALSO surreal impressionistic gothic horror. Also, every frame of this damn movie is gorgeous.)

Modern horror films are finding their scares in dead phone batteries - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/16/17675474/modern-horror-films-dead-cell-phone-trope-isolation

If I ever make a horror move, its tagline will be ‘All the gore, none of the plot’ even if it has a plot.

Demo Preview “ Fake News Horror Show https://www.fakenewshorrorshow.org/demo-expo/

Why horror movies are now more important than ever in Hollywood https://www.fastcompany.com/90199673/why-horror-movies-are-now-more-important-than-ever-in-hollywood

Evil Children And Overachieving Skeletons: Welcome To The World Of Paperback Horror : NPR https://www.npr.org/2018/07/07/626546622/evil-children-and-overachieving-skeletons-welcome-to-the-world-of-paperback-horr

The Allure of Gothic Horror | Tor.com https://www.tor.com/2018/07/09/the-allure-of-gothic-horror/

How Sound Effects For Horror Movies Are Made - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcpfwIkcoM

The Existential Horror of Aggretsuko - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_Nts2XpfA

Lazyweb: are there good horror movies about sound engineering / foley other than LFO and Berberian Sound Studio?

The Savage Passions of Hammer Horror | Village Voice https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/06/01/the-savage-passions-of-hammer-horror/

Band name of the day: the private horror

Psychotronic horror and sci-fi films with the people edited out / Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2018/05/21/psychotronic-horror-and-sci-fi.html

Blood And Black Lace - The History Of Italian Horror Film - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fb_j2v_VtE

Blood and Sand All You Ever Wanted to Know About Spanish Horror Films - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnS3P8pp9Y

Connective disintegration – Axxon N. Horror https://axxonnhorror.wordpress.com/2018/03/24/connective-disintegration/

Notes on Visual Snow – Axxon N. Horror https://axxonnhorror.wordpress.com/2018/02/19/notes-on-visual-snow/

Junji Ito: Master of Horror in Comics - Comic Tropes (Episode 75) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GxHtLyI4TQ

Doki Doki Literature Club - A Metamodern Horror Game - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgTTDdzxqdo

Free Will and Waifus - The True Horror of Doki Doki Literature Club - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qebsRBIleDY

Hillbilly Horror: B Movies of the Undead South https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/10/31/hillbilly-horror-b-movies-undead-south/

MIT used data from Reddit to train an AI algorithm to tell horror stories — Quartz https://qz.com/1115179/mit-used-data-from-reddit-to-train-an-ai-to-tell-horror-stories/

https://www.topic.com/the-true-twisted-story-of-amityville-horror

Some dead bodies donated to research in US end up in warehouses of horrors | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/how-much-for-your-head-unregulated-us-brokers-make-killing-on-donated-bodies/

How post-horror movies are taking over cinema | Film | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/06/post-horror-films-scary-movies-ghost-story-it-comes-at-night?CMP=fb_us

A Guide Through the Haunting World of “Folk Horror” « Bandcamp Daily https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/05/04/folk-horror-music-list/?utm_source=facebook

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