Since honesty is kindness, Microsoft is by far the worst company I ever had the displeasure of trying to communicate with. Getting them to fix the most basic of bugs always took years. In some cases itâs been over two and a half decades and itâs still broken.
I never thought it was even possible to make an operating system so broken, Iâd have to manually restart my background services and set ânetwork interface metricsâ by hand, in advanced TCP/IP settings, while using it.
There are buttons that donât even do anything when clicked and ones Iâve never seen do anything other than throw an error message.
The AI they rent to pretend to be an AI company, was for years outputting paragraphs, describing the beautiful and artful checkerboard pattern in the background, whenever trying to analyze transparent images. Transparent profile pictures work only on GitHub, the one product where the implementation was done prior to Microsoft acquisition.
Many engineers in their own forums, still manage to make that very AI sound smart, in comparison.
The design is an absolute shitshow, where no two things look like they belong in the same system â the only thing almost consistent, is excessive padding and rounded corners, placed wherever they fit the least.
But hey, 5000 engineers were fired, that will surely improve things!
Gerade versuche ich mich am HĂ€keln. Frei Schnauze. Garn und HĂ€kelnadel arbeiten einfach drauf los. Ich habe SpaĂ!
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This is the fix for the PHP vuln:
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wut da actual fuq?! 
Este gerador de cartazes do Lula Ă© qualquer coisa de especial. Designs no ponto, humor bem aplicado e interface eficaz. Mas o mais impressionante Ă© o cĂłdigo â todos os grĂĄficos sĂŁo gerados com JavaScript simples!
- Es ist Herbst in der Stadt: https://asciicity.live/
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Que boa surpresa na inbox â uma recordação da campanha Email Self-Defense em que na #ManufacturaIndependente tratĂĄmos do design, incluindo este robĂŽ que agora voltou para a EncryptFest da @fsf@fsf
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AI usage at work has risen to absurd and moronic levels.
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I saw this circulating right afte the latest Microsoft event and it illustrates the current state of things perfectly
Even they bet everything on AI they are renting, not even developing and happily let everything else turn to mush, as evident by the current state of Windows 11, GitHub,âŠ
Microsoft Azure AD, I mean âEntra IDâ, still the same account management thing, rewritten three separate times, that since the year 2000, couldnât manage to implement transparent PNG support.
Olha nĂŁo tenho 100% de certeza, mas acho que a Jadlog mentiu uma entrega no rastreio. Disseram que entregaram uma encomenda pra mim na quinta-feira e nĂŁo houve entrega, entregaram na verdade hoje (segunda-feira).
Passei um tanto de nervoso, escrevi pra eles, eles responderam que eu tinha que ver com o remetente pra investigarem (a empresa que mandou nĂŁo estava com atendimento disponĂvel no final de semanaâŠ). Vou passar a evitar Jadlog sempre que possĂvel.
O lado bom Ă© que agora fiquei feliz que tenho #stickers #adesivos pra levar pra #PythonBrasil2026 :D
#Python #py5 #PythonIsForArtistsToo #PythonIsForEveryOne #PythonReadingClub #NumPy #Shapely #Trimesh
hehehehe desculpem mas Ă© domingo
apparently, we have to remind people that cash is still legal tender đ
â at my local cafĂ©
Buenos dias Matosinhos
## Me ajude a pagar a viagem para a Python Brasil 2026 e espalhar a palavra da programação criativa!
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#ProgramaçãoCriativa #Apoie #FLOSS #Python #PyBr #PythonBrasil2026
## Me ajude a pagar a viagem para a Python Brasil 2026 e espalhar a palavra da programação criativa!
Mais infos no formulĂĄrio: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/9casxYgIQN4nBD5acG5qH3-4ZJh1o67Y64sR5vLxLQY/
#ProgramaçãoCriativa #Apoie #FLOSS #Python #py5 #PyBr #PythonBrasil2026
Dois testemunhos relevantes acerca dos protestos em França: um sobre o contexto histĂłrico e social em que os estudantes se encontram, e outro que sugere uma ligação entre a proibição dos telemĂłveis nas escolas e a consciencialização polĂtica
I like that twtxt moves slow compared to other social media platforms like the fediverse. Though to be fair I follow only about 20 people on here compared to much more on the fediverse. Less people and posts on twtxt and I think that makes me able to keep up with the community better.
Made before the current profile pic, but posting it now for spooky month.
A few more pics if my trip đ 
Some more pics of where were staying đ 
Are you teaching or learning #Python? Have you heard about #ParsonsProblems?
I have made some Parsons puzzles with visual output, check it out:
https://abav.lugaralgum.com/python-parsons-visual/
Support my work! https://abav.lugaralgum.com/support-me/
If you want to work with typography in 3D, you can try out these âFab fourâ #Python libraries: #numpy, #shapely, #trimesh & #py5 :D
weâre here now đ 
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I'm off for a week on a week-long trip up north (Australia), to a place called Yeppoon. I'll be sporactily around on Yarn/Twtxt, but probably having too much relaxing fun with my family đ
Cya's in a week or so đïž
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Stop over in a place called Gin Gin đ
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Europa ist geschafft!
Auf 3.600 km in 45 Stunden (summiert) mit dem Zug durch sechs LĂ€nder. Zweieinhalb Wochen voller EindrĂŒcke, babylonischem Sprach-Wirr-Warr und SpaĂ.
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@arne@uplegger.eu Ich wundere mich jedes Mal, dass der Begriff âPilsâ im Ausland so gar kein Begriff ist. Als âLagerâ oder âBlondeâ wird einem oft ekelhaftes IPA (Werwolfpisse) kredenzt.
Quinta-feira 24/9 14h30 no #SescAvPaulista em #SãoPaulo vamos fazer uma das coisas mais divertidas que tem na #ProgramaçãoCriativa: Plantas fractais com #LSystem (uma estratégia inventada pelo biólogo Aristide Lindenmeyer)
Gråtis, distribuição de senhas 14h no balcão do 4° andar.
@david@daiwei.me HmmmmÂČ
So, this is happening:
And this:
sobre esta histĂłria da IA demasiado perigosa etc e tal, importa recordar que Ă© o guiĂŁo de hĂĄ anos
Simplified logo doggo
We are the woooorld
We are the childreeeen
We are the ones, who make a briiiiighter daaaayâŠ
La, Laaa lalaaaa;
La, Laaa lalaaaaâŠ
# Guto Lacaz e Flavio Motta - Carimbos
Curadoria de Gloria Motta e
Paula Motta
texto crĂtico de Nina Lacaz
Local: Galeria MaPa
Rua Costa, 31 - galeria
(travessa da rua Bela Cintra,
sentido HigienĂłpolis)
estacionamento na rua Bela Cintra, 341
Abertura dia 12/09, SĂĄbado, das 11h Ă s 17h
de 12/09/26 até 15/10/26
# Guto Lacaz e Flavio Motta - Carimbos
Curadoria de Gloria Motta e
Paula Motta, texto crĂtico de Nina Lacaz
De 12/09/26 até 15/10/26
Abertura dia 12/09, SĂĄbado, das 11h Ă s 17h
Local: Galeria MaPa - Rua Costa, 31 - SĂŁo Paulo
(travessa da rua Bela Cintra, sentido HigienĂłpolis)
I have (finally) built a fully e2e working purely decentralised and federated IRC-compatible chat server. It is currently a PoC, but itâs already working quite well. Itâs inspired partly by the work we did with Salty Chat in terms of Discovery and Federation. Some screenshots of a normal IRC client irssi showing off how it works in a local e2e setup: 
maximum nostalgia slop (themed SpaceHey profile + QMMP with a bad Winamp skin)
Trying to change my site a bit and needed a more cartoony sitting canine for it.
A good example of a complex use of textures with #3D in #py5!
https://github.com/vsquared/TruncatedCube-py5
Literally just a day after Elon came out with his legal threats towards all of Nitter and people like me complained about it, Open AI decides to no longer work with Cursor (acquired by Space X), explicitly saying itâs because Elon wouldnât stop breaking their signed contracts and scraping (distilling) their models, behind their back.
https://openai.com/index/our-decision-on-cursor-following-its-acquisition-by-spacex/
This is not even the only instance of this happening, many mentioned having similar problems with Elon in the past. Not too long ago Kylie Robison shared a rumor xAI engineers were banned from using Anthropic models through Cursor, because of their scraping, though they seem to have later patched things over with Elon, when they had to start renting his data centers.
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Started doing âFraktur Freitagâ last week on Mastodon, and why not post it here as well. (âBlackletter Fridayâ? Doesnât work in English. đ€Ș)
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I wish I knew
Just give it a go. This stuff is super cheap. All you need is a âpenâ, some nibs, ink, and paper. Costs like 20-30 bucks and lasts for several years. The hardest part is finding good paper, really, because most paper these days isnât made for ink anymore. đ„Ž
And since social media is always only full of good results, hereâs something âshittyâ:
These are my first experiments in 2016 â and thatâs after having practiced with a graphics tablet on a PC for a couple of weeks. đ
âhojeâ pra quem estiver lendo isso na sexta-feira :D
Ă sĂł chegar.
If I say companies should at least consider the 3 line CC license before scraping my sites, Iâm seen as the unreasonable one.
But when I use an alternative forontend, to read feeds on their sites, without having to make yet another free account, now the same companies and their users scream about some unspecified part of their license being violated, threaten legal action and expect me to care about it.
GitHub thread: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1442#issuecomment-5413651441
Europa đȘđș, aufgepasst!
Had no clue @prologic@twtxt.net has his own computer mouse brand now, straight up giving them away, for under $3 a piece.
I got one and well pleasantly surprised, especially for the price. It fits perfectly in the hand, decent rubber, weighs nothing, clicks very silently. The scroll wheel is where you can feel some of the cost cutting, itâs pretty wonky, but good enough.
Classic cheap thin long cable, you better like 1600 DPI, cause thereâs no button to change that. Sensor is the usual red light, but works on all surfaces, bedsheets included. Gliders are small and not around the sensor, but at this weight, that makes next to no difference.
Decent 8/10 option
Had no clue @prologic@twtxt.net has his own computer mouse brand now, straight up giving them away, for under $3 a piece.
I got one and well pleasantly surprised, especially for the price. It fits perfectly in my hand, decent rubber, weighs nothing, clicks very silently. The scroll wheel is where you can feel some of the cost cutting, itâs pretty wonky, but good enough.
Classic cheap thin long cable, you better like 1600 DPI, cause thereâs no button to change that. Sensor is the usual red light, but works on all surfaces, bedsheets included. Gliders are small and not around the sensor, but at this weight, that makes next to no difference.
Decent 8/10 option
Finalmente entendi o que era uma misteriosa e enorme linha vermelha luminosa na paisagem noturna da cidade, vista da minha janela!
Nesta foto tosca abaixo nĂŁo fica visĂvel o alto contraste e intensidade da linha, que na realidade, me lembra um sabre de luz vermelho, muito marcado.
A linha distante e imensa que nĂŁo parecia âencaixarâ nas fachadas dos prĂ©dios prĂłximos⊠mas descobri: Ă um guindaste de obra gigantesco!
Vi esses dias um guindaste com uma linha vermelha iluminada perto da Av. Paulista e aĂ que caiu a ficha.
Bald (20.09.2026) sind Wahlen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und laut Party-Check fĂŒr MV sieht es so fĂŒr mich aus:
If you use GenAI images on your posts, you might have people thinking your posts are slop :-/
Try some nice public domain images! How about some bridges?
https://www.loc.gov/search/?fa=partof:library+of+congress+free+to+use+and+reuse&q=bridges
Nach der Sitte der damaligen Zeit erblickte man in dem Erscheinen des ungewöhnlich groĂen Fisches den Vorboten kĂŒnftigen Unheils.
Oh, bitte nicht schon wieder ⊠wo soll das alles nur noch hinfĂŒhren?
Testinf image upload fixesâŠ
Testing image upload fixes đ
Welches Euro-Scheinerl hÀttens denn gern?
Es gibt eine öffentliche Online-Umfrage zu den GestaltungsvorschlÀgen möglicher neuer Euro-Scheine.
Bis zum 21. September kann abgestimmt werden.
Amanhã é dia de #Garfada, com uma edição dedicada ao nosso canal preferido de YouTube. Assina em https://garfada.pt para descobrires qual é!
Deleted some old no longer used pixelart from my galley and added this as an alternative version, of the sprite one.
Cliente satisfeito
@david@daiwei.me you had to poke me, eh?
had to clean a lot of gunk off the top of the van I have to wake up back from our holiday! đ±
Say hello to the Twtxt Social Graph đ
#Twtxt #social #Graph
@prologic@twtxt.net @bender@twtxt.net is it normal that twtxtappâs <tab> (white space) between the timestamps and posts look a bit shorter than the ones from jenny? just noticed that and thought maybe itâs someting youâd want to know.
The Rectangle highlights the whitespaces from Jenny and the Ellipse is over the ones from twtxtapp.
HmmâŠ
This is how it shows in jenny:
@movq@www.uninformativ.de this is what I see on twtxt.app (all looks good there, though, but not here, on Yarnd):
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(#le5zsal5e3lw) @david hmmm, now this one came disconnected. I forked @movq reply, the one stating it was broken.
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This one isnât showing right on Yarnd (here):
And I donât know why.
Das Ziehkind hat mir gestern das Kartenspiel SKYJO gezeigt. Ein riesiger SpaĂ, wie ich finde!
Heute habe ich mir dann in der Stadt selbst die Reiseversion davon geholt.
AmanhĂŁ Ă© dia de #garfada, e o tema serĂĄ o fenĂłmeno Brawl Stars e o estranho panorama atual dos jogos de smartphone. Assina e recebe na tua inbox!
Whatâs up with this reply of mine? it was posted 2027-07-07T18:05:37+00:00 but is always showing up as having been just posted now on twtd đ€
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(#6icxocaexwil) @GabesArcade The no-JS part is one thing, but you also have to disable the (nowadays common) forced-HTTP-to-HTTPS-redirect, because those old browsers canât do modern crypto. And make sure that your webserver serves the correct page even if no
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Host header is sent by the client. And donât even think about serving UTF-8 or even just putting utf-8 in the content type. đ
And for the JPEG thumbnails I pass a special flag to ImageMagick so that IBM Web Explorer from OS/2 wonât trip. đ€Ł And always use link rel="stylesheet" for CSS, because some browsers render inlined CSS as literal text. And ⊠probably more that I forgot by now. đ
@movq@www.uninformativ.de see anything you like here? đ€
@aelaraji@aelaraji.com I cannot view your raw feed đ§ 
Just a couple of shots of where were staying đ 
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Okay, wow. Windows NT 4 wasnât part of my timeline back then, so this is the first time Iâm seeing it in action. And this thing came with IE 2, which Iâve also never seen before. (Thatâs interesting, because I remember using IE even on Win 3.x, but apparently that was already IE 3?)
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de I figure there is a bug somewhere, but where?
Heute sollten Bilder vom alten Eingangsbereich des URZ gefunden werden. Ich fand!
Hier eine Collage:
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Well well well, the big twtxt-hash version change took place and with just two lines of code I hope, I covered it up in my fiddely little webclient. houseplant programming đȘŽ
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@arne@uplegger.eu Well, it works, I think. đ
Letzte Woche habe ich einen Mecklenburg Magazin Sammelband aus dem Jahr 2000 in einer BĂŒcherkiste gefunden und schon viele schöne Stunden damit verbringen dĂŒrfen.
Neben verschiedenen plattdeutschen Texten sind viel Historie und Ortsnamenskunde enthalten. Ein Fest.
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Neben verschiedenen plattdeutschen Texten sind viel Historie und Ortsnamenskunde enthalten. Ein Fest.
Finally finished another meme one, I always wanted. It took forever, to get it right, so I really hope people get the reference.
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So I've been working on GoNIX the last few days... Which is derived from ”Linux -- At least it's entire build process. GoNIX however has a 100% Go userland, including the init process, package and service management.
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QEMU Screenshot: 
Online hatred spiked after the Bondi massacre: Meta knows why
The royal commission will turn its attention to the role media has played in the rise of antisemitism, including an explosion of hate on social media. â Read more
Sandilands and ARN circle settlement to avert blockbuster trial
Radio shock jock Sandilands has already started laying the groundwork for his next venture as he closes in on a settlement agreement with his former employer, ARN Media. â Read more
Sandilands and ARN circle settlement to avert blockbuster trial
Radio shock jock Sandilands has already started laying the groundwork for his next venture as he closes in on a settlement agreement with his former employer, ARN Media. â Read more
UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s
Article URL: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-set-announce-social-media-34119132
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48527766
Points: 9
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âThis news is really shockingâ: Australian girl, 9, killed in Pakistan
Local media reported the family, from the Perth suburb of Kewdale, was mistaken for armed robbers the police were pursuing. â Read more
âThis news is really shockingâ: Australian girl, 9, killed in Pakistan
Local media reported the family, from the Perth suburb of Kewdale, was mistaken for armed robbers the police were pursuing. â Read more
Perth community in mourning after nine-year-old girl shot and killed in Pakistan
Local media reported the family, from the Perth suburb of Kewdale, was mistaken for armed robbers the police were pursuing. â Read more
Perth community in mourning after nine-year-old girl shot and killed in Pakistan
Local media reported the family, from the Perth suburb of Kewdale, was mistaken for armed robbers the police were pursuing. â Read more
Even lower resolution sitting canine, made trying to find out, if one under 20x20 is possible, came to be 18x15.
Young teens risk mental health harm after one year of social media use
A study that tracked teenagers for a decade found a decline in their wellbeing from time online â but it also provides a critical window for intervention. â Read more
Netanyahu Aide Charged With Endangering Israeli Security Over Document Leak
Jonatan Urich, a media adviser to the Israeli prime minister, was accused of passing classified intelligence about negotiations with Hamas to a German newspaper. â Read more
Façam pf uns quantos clones da Erika Hilton e mandem para cå, o parlamento precisa
(roubado Ă Paula Villar no bisky)
Young teens risk mental health harm after one year of social media use
A study that tracked teenagers for a decade found a decline in their wellbeing from time online â but it also provides a critical window for intervention. â Read more
AmanhĂŁ sai nova edição da #garfada de internet, com uma proposta de antĂdoto para os smartphones. Assina em garfada.pt!
(spoiler: Ă© de consolas que vamos falar)
Britain Is Weighing a Social Media Ban for Children. How Did It Get Here?
Months after Australia banned social media for everyone under 16, the British government is considering new policies to keep children safe online. â Read more