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@kcase@mastodon.social
2025-08-27 02:11:53

In 2011, I posted to our forums to explain "Why not Windows?" Our goal is not to make the most money; it's to make the best software that we can make. There are other successful platforms, but I don' t think our software would be better on any of them.
Since 2011 we've moved to different forums and the hardware hosting our archived forums died. Maybe someday I'll revive it from backups, but in the meantime it's nice that the Internet Archive still has a co…

At the Omni Group, our goal is not to make as much money as we can; our goal is to make the best software that we can make. To do that, we've chosen to focus our attention on the development platform which we feel makes us the most productive. … Are there other successful platforms out there? Certainly! Could we make more money by bringing our software to those platforms? Maybe. But I don't think that software would be any better than what we've already made, and it would distract us from imp…
@vosje62@mastodon.nl
2025-09-25 16:07:04

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians | Israel | The Guardian
theguardian.com/world/2025/sep

Equipped with Azure’s near-limitless storage capacity and computing power, Unit 8200 had built an indiscriminate new system allowing its intelligence officers to collect, play back and analyse the content of cellular calls of an entire population. The project was so expansive that, according to sources from Unit 8200 – which is equivalent in its remit to the US National Security Agency – a mantra emerged internally that captured its scale and ambition: “A million calls an hour.”
According to several sources, the enormous repository of intercepted calls – which amounted to as much as 8,000 terabytes of data – was held in a Microsoft datacentre in the Netherlands. Within days of the Guardian publishing the investigation, Unit 8200 appears to have swiftly moved the surveillance data out of the country. According to sources familiar with the huge data transfer outside of the EU country, it occurred in early August. Intelligence sources said Unit 8200 planned to transfer t…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2025-09-24 16:02:51

I'm still learning #OpenSCAD. This part, the lower knuckle for the four-bar linkage of the #Tricycle, isn't as smooth and aerodynamic as I'd like. But it's good enough, certainly for now.
The blue colour is just to make it easier to work with; the finished part will probably be c…

A CAD drawing of the lower knuckle of the four bar linkage. The body of the knuckle is an aerofoil teardrop in plan, with a radiused top and a rounded bottom. A boss on the outer (left) side surrounds the hole for the wheel axle. On the inner (right) side is an aerofoil stub to which the aerofoil section lower bar will be bonded. In the top of the knuckle is a radiused cavity in which the pivot on the lower end of the lateral bar will rotate. The part, which is coloured blue with yellowish-gre…
A view of the same part from in front. The hole for the shaft on which the lateral bar pivot will rotate can be seen.
The same part viewed from the lower front left.
The part in context. The lateral bar, wheel, and brake disk can all be seen, as can the lower bar, although this doesn't yet correctly join to the knuckle.
@akosma@mastodon.online
2025-09-26 17:17:08

"Disney’s Bob Iger and Warner’s David Zaslav will be out within 12 to 24 months, as their affinity for, and relationship with, the creative community is quaint and outdated. They grew up in an era when talent held the power. Their job was to not piss off people. The Ellisons, like the honey badger, don’t give a shit."

The End of the Blockbuster | No Mercy / No Malice
For David and Larry Ellison, the credits of The Fantastic Four: First Steps are the best part of the film. Specifically, they are the opportunity: The scrolling list of more than 3,000 cast and crew members is a sign of an industry ripe for disruption. The Marvel movie’s staff — from visual effects artists and […]

@aardrian@toot.cafe
2025-11-25 23:39:44

Trying to read a post claiming GitHub’s decision to purge toasts is *bad* for accessibility, even though it's on perennially inaccessible Medium.
And it’s behind an authwall.
Fine, I’ll sign in.
Oh, it’s actually behind a paywall.
Oh well. It’s not meant for me. Or anyone.

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@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2025-10-26 23:38:17

We had a surprise opportunity to go to the beach this weekend, near Southport NC. I have the weird preference to sling my hammock under the house, between the clotheslines, instead of sleeping indoors. Half camping? I use a big rubbermaid box as my "suitcase" and put my shoes on it overnight... It was cold at night, but an underquilt and reflecting bubble insulation in the hammock, with an inflatable mattress on top of my down sleeping bag, kept me cozy.
My wife and I went to …

Map showing lines indicating 57 Morse code ham radio contacts, throughout much of the US and one in Canada. All done on 5W or less of power; some were 2–3W.
Sunrise with a ham radio wire antenna dangling from a fiberglass push-up mast at one side. The picture doesn't do the sunrise justice.
Hammock slung under an elevated beach house, tied to pilings, with a beautiful sunrise in the background. It was a great way to wake up!
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-10-26 08:30:03

One of our fave local places to go to for a walk in autumn. This year the colors were especially exquisite...
(Beech forests like these covered two thirds of Germany, but by now they've been dramatically reduced, not just due to logging. Also rising temperatures have been increasing their mortality and general vulnerability...)
#SilentSunday

A colorful autumn beech forest in reds, oranges, yellows and greens, illuminated by the afternoon sun. Pines and bushes in the shade in the foreground, cold light there already. In between is a small forest lake, its surface completely still and mirror-like, reflecting the colorful trees. Altogether, the view feels a little like a painting...
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-26 06:23:04

I am going to push our Gaza Verified Emergency Appeal hard today as the situation in Gaza manages somehow to get even worse just when you thought it couldn’t.
gaza-verified.org/emergency/
Message from our new member @…

Gaza Verified
Emergency appeal to get the Gaza Verified families stuck in the danger zone in the North to relative safety in the South.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-09-26 06:02:53

The president thinks his rule is absolute.
But in America, we don’t have kings,
and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty.
Grow our movement and join us.
📍 Where: Alameda Park,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
When: 12 Noon, October 18, 2025
The rally at Alameda Park will be followed by a march to De La Guerra Plaza.
More details on the rally and march will follow.

NO KINGS Santa Barbara · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together. The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down…

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-09-25 10:09:31

We’re not the only ones trying to help families in North Gaza evacuate to relative safety in the South.
@…’s efforts were an inspiration for Gaza Verified. And their appeal is struggling.

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their campaigns are extremely stagnant and wanted to find a way to direct steady help to them. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support.