Josh
@oracularhades.com
he/him
my code is in your bluesky app, big atproto fan, rockets are cool, posts are mine.
https://github.com/oracularhades
my code is in your bluesky app, big atproto fan, rockets are cool, posts are mine.
https://github.com/oracularhades
I bought a PlayStation VR2 2 months ago after waiting years for Valve AND NOW they announce the Steam Frame lol
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I bought a PlayStation VR2 2 months ago after waiting years for Valve AND NOW they announce the Steam Frame lol
All UI work is painful and tedious, but admin UI work is especially painful.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
All UI work is painful and tedious, but admin UI work is especially painful.
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The distance in time between now and when Microsoft Office replaced drop down menus with the ribbon bar at the top is the same as the distance between then and the fall of the Berlin Wall
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The distance in time between now and when Microsoft Office replaced drop down menus with the ribbon bar at the top is the same as the distance between then and the fall of the Berlin Wall
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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Politico is reporting that the breach at the Congressional Budget Office is "ongoing."
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
Cybersecurity breach at Congressional Budget Office remains a live threat
Library of Congress employees were informed to take caution when emailing the office of the congressional scorekeeper.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Politico is reporting that the breach at the Congressional Budget Office is "ongoing."
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
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go to the cloud they said
itll be fine they said
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/manufacturer-issues-remote-kill-command-to-nuke-smart-vacuum-after-engineer-blocks-it-from-collecting-data-user-revives-it-with-custom-hardware-and-python-scripts-to-run-offline
itll be fine they said
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/manufacturer-issues-remote-kill-command-to-nuke-smart-vacuum-after-engineer-blocks-it-from-collecting-data-user-revives-it-with-custom-hardware-and-python-scripts-to-run-offline
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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The whole of the internet is now run on the things that would have not made it past your email junk filter 20 years ago.
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The whole of the internet is now run on the things that would have not made it past your email junk filter 20 years ago.
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SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
people changing their names to crazy fonts makes me feel like i’m reading a captcha every time i see their name.
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
people changing their names to crazy fonts makes me feel like i’m reading a captcha every time i see their name.
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I know several people who worked on this rollout. They were really proud of it.
The I.R.S. is shutting down its free online system for filing tax returns, a program that the Biden administration introduced last year and that users gave high marks.
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
I.R.S. Halts Free Online Offering for Filing Taxes Directly
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I know several people who worked on this rollout. They were really proud of it.
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bout to chipctl some deployments into the mouth environment
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
bout to chipctl some deployments into the mouth environment
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Donald Trump appeared to be wearing a red tie.
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Donald Trump appeared to be wearing a red tie.
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He did explicitly call for violence at the capitol and paid for those people to be there
November 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
He did explicitly call for violence at the capitol and paid for those people to be there
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The U.S. is far ahead of its nuclear adversaries in research and data about nuclear warheads, and experts believe explosive testing is not only strategically unnecessary, but, as several put it, “insane.”
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The U.S. is far ahead of its nuclear adversaries in research and data about nuclear warheads, and experts believe explosive testing is not only strategically unnecessary, but, as several put it, “insane.”
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I was very interested in the new windows administrator protection but you can’t use it when you have wsl/hyper-v installed so I blame @syfuhs.net instead
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
Administrator protection
Learn how Administrator protection protects users with just-in-time administrator privileges and helps prevent unauthorized system changes.
learn.microsoft.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I was very interested in the new windows administrator protection but you can’t use it when you have wsl/hyper-v installed so I blame @syfuhs.net instead
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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in a fair world you would not be allowed to upload videos to facebook
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
in a fair world you would not be allowed to upload videos to facebook
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There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
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Any #Chromium, #CEF, or Chronium Embedded Framework people able to help? I’ve been stuck on this for a while. An obscure API change between Chrome 103 and 140 is breaking a lot. github.com/chromiumembe...
CEF spawning invisible but clickable window · Issue #4014 · chromiumembedded/cef
Hey everyone, I'm having a weird CEF API issue. I'm upgrading FiveM's CEF version from Chromium 103.0.5060.141 (cef_binary_103.0.0-cfx-m103.2605+g1316dae+chromium-103.0.5060.141_windows64_minimal) ...
github.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Any #Chromium, #CEF, or Chronium Embedded Framework people able to help? I’ve been stuck on this for a while. An obscure API change between Chrome 103 and 140 is breaking a lot. github.com/chromiumembe...
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Trump exempts Hungary from US sanctions on Russian energy after meeting Orban
Trump exempts Hungary from US sanctions on Russian energy after meeting Orban
Hungary has been given a one-year exemption from US sanctions on using Russian energy, a White House official has said, after its Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Donald Trump in the White House.
news.sky.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Trump exempts Hungary from US sanctions on Russian energy after meeting Orban
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The growing consensus on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's order tonight: a horrible situation, handled strategically (from @stevevladeck.bsky.social) www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The growing consensus on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's order tonight: a horrible situation, handled strategically (from @stevevladeck.bsky.social) www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
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Oh come on this isn’t even trying
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Oh come on this isn’t even trying
Any #Chromium, #CEF, or Chronium Embedded Framework people able to help? I’ve been stuck on this for a while. An obscure API change between Chrome 103 and 140 is breaking a lot. github.com/chromiumembe...
CEF spawning invisible but clickable window · Issue #4014 · chromiumembedded/cef
Hey everyone, I'm having a weird CEF API issue. I'm upgrading FiveM's CEF version from Chromium 103.0.5060.141 (cef_binary_103.0.0-cfx-m103.2605+g1316dae+chromium-103.0.5060.141_windows64_minimal) ...
github.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Any #Chromium, #CEF, or Chronium Embedded Framework people able to help? I’ve been stuck on this for a while. An obscure API change between Chrome 103 and 140 is breaking a lot. github.com/chromiumembe...
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Bluesky really should have optional private following lists, like TikTok and others. Unlike private accounts, it would be really easy to implement.
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Bluesky really should have optional private following lists, like TikTok and others. Unlike private accounts, it would be really easy to implement.
