Cassandrich
@dalias.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
C librarian, purveyor of the language's eldritch horrors. Poppin' shells 🦪
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://hachyderm.io/@dalias, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://hachyderm.io/@dalias, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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It's past Christmas, so time for more Arcalibre work! Today, got a bunch more unit tests moved out of the src/ tree and into a separate tests folder. Not all of them pass yet, and there's still a bunch more to move over, but 46 / 268 failing isn't quite as bad as I feared […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
December 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It's past Christmas, so time for more Arcalibre work! Today, got a bunch more unit tests moved out of the src/ tree and into a separate tests folder. Not all of them pass yet, and there's still a bunch more to move over, but 46 / 268 failing isn't quite as bad as I feared […]
Lazyweb, anyone know a working bypass for the Twitch "Your browser is not currently supported" login wall?
December 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Lazyweb, anyone know a working bypass for the Twitch "Your browser is not currently supported" login wall?
Ring Cameras failed to restrict employee access to customer videos. One Amazon Ring employee accessed thousands of video recordings from over 80 women's bedrooms.
https://blackoutvpn.au/blog/ring-cameras-peep-shows
#technology #humanrights #hacking
https://blackoutvpn.au/blog/ring-cameras-peep-shows
#technology #humanrights #hacking
Ring Cameras Host Peep Shows with Subscription Fees
In 2023 the FTC said Ring let employees spy on customers and ignored basic security, enabling camera takeovers
blackoutvpn.au
December 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Happy holidays, fediverse!
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Happy holidays, fediverse!
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us […]
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Spicy Take:
Fuck the FOSS bro mindset of "We can overlook bad behavior of maintainers because if it gets TOO bad we can just fork it."
And "It's okay to use 'open core' products even though the whole project couldn't survive without its corporate overlords who refuse PRs and public maintainer […]
Fuck the FOSS bro mindset of "We can overlook bad behavior of maintainers because if it gets TOO bad we can just fork it."
And "It's okay to use 'open core' products even though the whole project couldn't survive without its corporate overlords who refuse PRs and public maintainer […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Spicy Take:
Fuck the FOSS bro mindset of "We can overlook bad behavior of maintainers because if it gets TOO bad we can just fork it."
And "It's okay to use 'open core' products even though the whole project couldn't survive without its corporate overlords who refuse PRs and public maintainer […]
Fuck the FOSS bro mindset of "We can overlook bad behavior of maintainers because if it gets TOO bad we can just fork it."
And "It's okay to use 'open core' products even though the whole project couldn't survive without its corporate overlords who refuse PRs and public maintainer […]
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[Dickens, poverty]
Looking into this a little, Dickens appears to be reacting against the Poor Laws of his time, which were passed after the disruptions of the Black Death to suppress wages, crack down on travel, and force people to work who otherwise would choose not to given the terrible pay […]
Looking into this a little, Dickens appears to be reacting against the Poor Laws of his time, which were passed after the disruptions of the Black Death to suppress wages, crack down on travel, and force people to work who otherwise would choose not to given the terrible pay […]
Original post on cville.online
cville.online
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
[Dickens, poverty]
Looking into this a little, Dickens appears to be reacting against the Poor Laws of his time, which were passed after the disruptions of the Black Death to suppress wages, crack down on travel, and force people to work who otherwise would choose not to given the terrible pay […]
Looking into this a little, Dickens appears to be reacting against the Poor Laws of his time, which were passed after the disruptions of the Black Death to suppress wages, crack down on travel, and force people to work who otherwise would choose not to given the terrible pay […]
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[Dickens, poverty]
I’ve watched a few versions of A Christmas Carol during this most festive of seasons and especially last night I kept thinking about how unbelievably wealthy and privileged Dickensian England was during colonialism. All of this suffering and child labor and disease and filth […]
I’ve watched a few versions of A Christmas Carol during this most festive of seasons and especially last night I kept thinking about how unbelievably wealthy and privileged Dickensian England was during colonialism. All of this suffering and child labor and disease and filth […]
Original post on cville.online
cville.online
December 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
[Dickens, poverty]
I’ve watched a few versions of A Christmas Carol during this most festive of seasons and especially last night I kept thinking about how unbelievably wealthy and privileged Dickensian England was during colonialism. All of this suffering and child labor and disease and filth […]
I’ve watched a few versions of A Christmas Carol during this most festive of seasons and especially last night I kept thinking about how unbelievably wealthy and privileged Dickensian England was during colonialism. All of this suffering and child labor and disease and filth […]
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@stux What gets me is shop.com and the like who recognise me by cc number and then send receipts to the last email they saw. That was fun this Christmas for gift buying. I've never set up an account or installed an app ner nuttin.
December 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
@stux What gets me is shop.com and the like who recognise me by cc number and then send receipts to the last email they saw. That was fun this Christmas for gift buying. I've never set up an account or installed an app ner nuttin.
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Online shopping 2025.
🤵 Orders something online.
🏬 Want to track the order?
🤵 Yes!
🏬 Scan this code:
🤵Uh, okay.
🏬 Download our app to track your order.
🤵 Ugh.. alright..
🏬 Before you can use our app you need an account!
🤵 Never mind!
Data data harvesting, it's all data harvesting.
🤵 Orders something online.
🏬 Want to track the order?
🤵 Yes!
🏬 Scan this code:
🤵Uh, okay.
🏬 Download our app to track your order.
🤵 Ugh.. alright..
🏬 Before you can use our app you need an account!
🤵 Never mind!
Data data harvesting, it's all data harvesting.
December 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Online shopping 2025.
🤵 Orders something online.
🏬 Want to track the order?
🤵 Yes!
🏬 Scan this code:
🤵Uh, okay.
🏬 Download our app to track your order.
🤵 Ugh.. alright..
🏬 Before you can use our app you need an account!
🤵 Never mind!
Data data harvesting, it's all data harvesting.
🤵 Orders something online.
🏬 Want to track the order?
🤵 Yes!
🏬 Scan this code:
🤵Uh, okay.
🏬 Download our app to track your order.
🤵 Ugh.. alright..
🏬 Before you can use our app you need an account!
🤵 Never mind!
Data data harvesting, it's all data harvesting.
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@dplattsf You'd really think "I need this specific car to go to this address" would be a thing a self-driving car company would be capable of doing. Kinda... the whole purpose of the thing, isn't it?
Can't wait until one drives off with someone's child aboard.
Can't wait until one drives off with someone's child aboard.
December 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
@dplattsf You'd really think "I need this specific car to go to this address" would be a thing a self-driving car company would be capable of doing. Kinda... the whole purpose of the thing, isn't it?
Can't wait until one drives off with someone's child aboard.
Can't wait until one drives off with someone's child aboard.
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current status of dinner - #waymo drove off with 3 bags of ingredients in the trunk before I could hit the open trunk button. Turns out they can’t drive car back, they can at best return car to depot so now driving across San Francisco to retrieve groceries […]
[Original post on sfba.social]
[Original post on sfba.social]
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
current status of dinner - #waymo drove off with 3 bags of ingredients in the trunk before I could hit the open trunk button. Turns out they can’t drive car back, they can at best return car to depot so now driving across San Francisco to retrieve groceries […]
[Original post on sfba.social]
[Original post on sfba.social]
[cw: swastikas]
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@HI_Greens/115777430188172351
TikTok advertising explicit nazi merch... As quote boost so I could CW it.
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@HI_Greens/115777430188172351
TikTok advertising explicit nazi merch... As quote boost so I could CW it.
mastodon.scot
December 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
[cw: swastikas]
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@HI_Greens/115777430188172351
TikTok advertising explicit nazi merch... As quote boost so I could CW it.
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@HI_Greens/115777430188172351
TikTok advertising explicit nazi merch... As quote boost so I could CW it.
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/113708422515011902
Bumping this thread for its one year anniversary. It feels particularly relevant in light of continued revelations.
Bumping this thread for its one year anniversary. It feels particularly relevant in light of continued revelations.
OK, here goes. This is a thread I've been wanting to put into words for a long time. And, this being both Christmas and the eve of the fascist takeover of the US, now seems as good a time as any.
A 🧵 on Rape Theology
1/N
A 🧵 on Rape Theology
1/N
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/113708422515011902
Bumping this thread for its one year anniversary. It feels particularly relevant in light of continued revelations.
Bumping this thread for its one year anniversary. It feels particularly relevant in light of continued revelations.
😈 idea: a "how's my driving?" bumper sticker with voip number hooked up to a tts greeting caller with "Hi karen, I mean $name. You phone number $number has been reported for mobile phone use while driving in the state of $state. Have a nice day." with name pulled from some reverse white pages.
December 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
😈 idea: a "how's my driving?" bumper sticker with voip number hooked up to a tts greeting caller with "Hi karen, I mean $name. You phone number $number has been reported for mobile phone use while driving in the state of $state. Have a nice day." with name pulled from some reverse white pages.
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A pattern here is that the rest of the world leaves the US behind, and the right decides that’s evidence of our greatness. We measure with “freedom units,” our guns keep us safe from tyranny, car-centric development is another form of freedom, etc.
December 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A pattern here is that the rest of the world leaves the US behind, and the right decides that’s evidence of our greatness. We measure with “freedom units,” our guns keep us safe from tyranny, car-centric development is another form of freedom, etc.
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Neofeud 2 is a #retro 90's-style game where an ex-robo-marine and a rebel hacker struggle against an empire on its last legs. Get Neofeud 1 70% off now & help me finish #2 (pictured)! https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/ […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Neofeud 2 is a #retro 90's-style game where an ex-robo-marine and a rebel hacker struggle against an empire on its last legs. Get Neofeud 1 70% off now & help me finish #2 (pictured)! https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/ […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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Lately I have noticed that when you purchase a ticket you don’t get a static PDF/PNG anymore.
Increasingly often, you get a .pkpass file, which is supposed to be opened in wallet apps (like Google Wallet or any 3rd-party).
Since I don’t like to share information about the events I attend with […]
Increasingly often, you get a .pkpass file, which is supposed to be opened in wallet apps (like Google Wallet or any 3rd-party).
Since I don’t like to share information about the events I attend with […]
Original post on manganiello.eu
manganiello.eu
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Lately I have noticed that when you purchase a ticket you don’t get a static PDF/PNG anymore.
Increasingly often, you get a .pkpass file, which is supposed to be opened in wallet apps (like Google Wallet or any 3rd-party).
Since I don’t like to share information about the events I attend with […]
Increasingly often, you get a .pkpass file, which is supposed to be opened in wallet apps (like Google Wallet or any 3rd-party).
Since I don’t like to share information about the events I attend with […]
Hot take (?): Folks should treat any functional-programming-adjacent project as fash unless the people behind it are vocally antifascist.
December 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Hot take (?): Folks should treat any functional-programming-adjacent project as fash unless the people behind it are vocally antifascist.
Cursed/🔥 idea: mechanical stick shift EVs where the stick reconfigures the battery array for speed/torque tradeoff.
December 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Cursed/🔥 idea: mechanical stick shift EVs where the stick reconfigures the battery array for speed/torque tradeoff.
Fun fact about Apple (iOS) devices: there is utterly no way to clear app data caches without fully deleting (not just offloading) the app, the Maps app is a system bundled app that only gets offloaded if you try to delete it, and the Maps app leaks tens of GBs (likely in sqlite shit) over time […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Fun fact about Apple (iOS) devices: there is utterly no way to clear app data caches without fully deleting (not just offloading) the app, the Maps app is a system bundled app that only gets offloaded if you try to delete it, and the Maps app leaks tens of GBs (likely in sqlite shit) over time […]
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apparently github will now silently insert copilot-generated commit messages if you don't provide any commit body via the web interface 🤮
December 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
apparently github will now silently insert copilot-generated commit messages if you don't provide any commit body via the web interface 🤮
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I've heard anecdotal reports of computer repair places "accidentally" breaking the ram and refunding the customer the catalogue price from six months ago, presumably to feed it into machines of more important corporate customers... so we're already at the scavenging-to-survive stage of AI […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I've heard anecdotal reports of computer repair places "accidentally" breaking the ram and refunding the customer the catalogue price from six months ago, presumably to feed it into machines of more important corporate customers... so we're already at the scavenging-to-survive stage of AI […]
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It was labeled “Spanish Flu” because allied forces in World War I embargoed any news about the spreading and deadly influenza, but Spain wasn’t involved in the war, so any focus or mentions about on the disease came out of Spanish press and media.
That’s why it’s called “Spanish Flu”.
This is […]
That’s why it’s called “Spanish Flu”.
This is […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It was labeled “Spanish Flu” because allied forces in World War I embargoed any news about the spreading and deadly influenza, but Spain wasn’t involved in the war, so any focus or mentions about on the disease came out of Spanish press and media.
That’s why it’s called “Spanish Flu”.
This is […]
That’s why it’s called “Spanish Flu”.
This is […]
Most of being on fedi is pleasant, but the most unpleasant part of being here might be getting periodically reminded that Slashdot still exists. Before fedi I don't think I'd heard of it in 15 years or so.
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Most of being on fedi is pleasant, but the most unpleasant part of being here might be getting periodically reminded that Slashdot still exists. Before fedi I don't think I'd heard of it in 15 years or so.