@trezzer@social.linux.pizzaI wonder if it is just an effect of old hardware, but boy, the new @… OS release is a crashfest on my 2011 Mac Mini. The App Center crashed on me at least 7 times before I had enough and downloaded Zorin (because I’ve also wanted to give that a spin). It looked very nice, though, and it’s nice that Flatpaks show up now by default.
BTW: Elementary is …
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialThis might be a useful Obsidian tip. I tried Obsidian (again!) last year but I just couldn’t walk away from Bear because it’s so good. (Bear is macOS only but they did add web access last year.)
“I discovered Obsidian's core plugin "File recovery". Enabled by default, it saves the state of your files every five minutes and keeps that history for a whole week!”
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialHuh. This is kinda cool.
"Windows Media Player Legacy" - the version that does CD rips and plays MIDI files - is hidden but available for Windows 11.
✅ Install or Uninstall Windows Media Player Legacy app in Windows 11 | Windows 11 Forum
https://www.
@Demirramon@cyberfurz.socialAre you kidding me. I couldn't make Decky Loader work no matter what and I just learned that Syncthing overrides the port it uses by default 💀
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialThis is sick, evil, and a very intentional infliction of pain.
Especially so when it is noted that that El Cheato's mass pardons and commutations have cheated many victims (and the government) who are owed restitution by criminals.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/23/nx-s1-5653…
@cdarwin@c.imMicrosoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday.
Many modern Windows computers rely on full-disk encryption, called #BitLocker, which is enabled by default.
This type of technology should prevent anyone except the device owner from accessing the data if the computer is …
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeAs a "safety measure," Discord will require a face scan or ID starting next month.
https://discord.com/press-releases/discord-launches-teen-by-default-settings-globally
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Same-site cookies by default.
https://textslashplain.com/2019/09/30/same-site-cookies-by-default/
saved 2019-10-02
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzAmendment: this is dodgy. Consider this retracted.
Wow, if true this is big: Lenovo says they're losing money on every computer pre-installed with MS Windows 11 due to it comprehensively sucking. They are apparently moving to Ubuntu Linux installed by default. Windows will only be an extra-cost option... https://www.youtube.com/…
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.euWhere's the fun in using a mid to high [and at that, an AMD] GPU for Linux gaming? 🙂 Even now, most gamers are broke by default, so I am using my second budget build that I had set aside for Win11 to do my Windows chores, but have completely migrated to Linux now, to showcase how real™ men™ overcome difficulties and optimise settings even on garbage PCs 😃
Linux Budget Gaming - Detroit: Become Human - GTX 1650 GDDR6 4GB ( i5-13400F)
@hacksilon@infosec.exchangeSeems like this could be useful for some #Selfhosted / #HomeLab folks. https://m.vinduv.app/@VinDuv/115940541
@kubikpixel@chaos.socialCarelessness versus craftsmanship in cryptography
Two popular AES libraries, aes-js and pyaes, “helpfully” provide a default IV in their AES-CTR API, leading to a large number of key/IV reuse bugs. […] The aes-js/pyaes maintainer, on the other hand, has taken a more… cavalier approach.
🔓 https://…
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.socialThis was glorious, and it is now implemented in SwiftTerm by default.
While it is true that certain users in a dorm at Darmouth or MIT might carry with them the script to tune their color palette, I believe that users in the wild deserve to keep their retinas.
https://gist.github.com/jake-ste…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini on most Android devices; Google previously planned to complete the transition by the end of 2025 (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-assista
@johnm@social.tchncs.de#Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally
https://discord.com/press-releases/discord-launches-teen-by-default-settings-globally
@frankel@mastodon.topI Love You, #Redis, But I’m Leaving You for #SolidQueue
https://www.simplethread.com/redis-solidqueue/…
@qbi@freie-re.deReuse,
gut für die Fischerei
schlecht in der Kryptografie
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/02/18/carelessness-versus-craftsmanship-in-cryptography/
@hanno@mastodon.socialIf you manage your code on Github, you might expect that you get an email notification if someone opens an issue for your code. But it appears that's no longer true for new repos.
The "Watch" settings are now, by default, "Participating and Mentions". That means unless someone tags your Github username in the issue report, you won't know about it. Yeah, even if it's your own repo in your own namespace. No, I don't know what they were thinking at Githu…
@elduvelle@neuromatch.socialCan someone tell my why, by default, when you share a document on #Teams on a private channel it shares it with your entire university??
(You can set it back to sharing with only people in the chat but you have to click to do that for each document.. 🤦)
#TeamsSucks
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngAlready 6 years old, so not even taking into account post-2022 hyperscaling, this is a sobering, very rational and well argued 20 min presentation for some cold flush reality check of the hot fever dreams of AI proponents (and all YOLO energy/resource guzzlers of any walk/standing):
Blip (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd…
@michabbb@social.vivaldi.net⏰ Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS): Up to 5 additional years of security patches after end-of-life - continuous CVE fixes, updated SBOMs, and audit compliance
🎯 Goal: Secure software supply chain from first line of code to production - secure by default for all 26 million developers in the container ecosystem
🌐 https://w…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialI quite like @… so far but one thing I found very annoying is that all AI features are turned on by default and I have to manually turn them all off. I understand that some people think a faulty summary is the shit but there are enough people who fucking hate it so having a way to turn
@vyskocilm@witter.czTIL: Thorsten Kukuk works on no_new_privs/NoNewPrivs aka removing suid binaries from #openSUSE
Reading https://www.thkukuk.de/blog/no_new_privs/ I never realized how many such binaries exists.
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeI just realized the Vivaldi browser has a default sidebar button for Trending from their Mastodon instance.
Which means I've breached containment... :elmo_fire:
@axbom@axbom.meMy message to Gaggle Mail:
I just want to let you know that I decided not to continue evaluating your service after I noticed that you have a setting to use ChatGPT from OpenAI turned on by default.
Among many other things, OpenAI is Trump's biggest donor and used by ICE.
It is one of the most morally corrupt companies in operation today and it was hugely disappointing to me to see a company that embraced the classic listserv platform (yay!) also integrating the w…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDiscord plans to roll out age verification globally starting in March to access some content; all accounts will have a "teen-appropriate experience by default" (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-g…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society #AAS247 is underway, coming with 8 press conferences - https://aas.org/meetings/aas247/press-kit#briefings - streaming on https://www.youtube.com/@AASPressOffice. There were already two yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gAjRP1xLtQ about Galaxies Big and Small, covering e.g. https://public.nrao.edu/news/hidden-giants-of-the-early-universe/ / https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2026/astronomers-reveal-hidden-activity-early-universe’s-most-massive-galaxies / https://keckobservatory.org/aas247-magaz3ne/ and https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1584 (The First RELHIC? Cloud-9 is a Starless Gas Cloud) -> https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-examines-cloud-9-first-of-new-type-of-object/ / https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble / https://public.nrao.edu/news/starless-dark-matter-failed-galaxy-near-m94/.
And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvpDVq-7h6E about Stars and Their Behavior, covering e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00470 (Betelgeuse: Detection of the Expanding Wake of the Companion Star) -> https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/cfa-scientists-detect-wake-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star / https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-hubble-helps-detect-wake-of-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star/ and https://aas.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Steven and Tyler AAS Press Release.pdf and https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-devours-cosmic-hamburger-reveals-potential-for-giant-planet-formation/
@kirenida@social.linux.pizzaRE: https://layer8.space/@killyourfm/115913414696603329
*installs Linux*
*no desktop icons by default*
@janneke@todon.nl
@underdarkGIS@fosstodon.orgScrolling through #FOSSGIS2026 talks: #QGIS as the default GIS in the Bavarian environmental agency 🤩
"Einführung von QGIS als Standard-Desktop-GIS der Bayerischen Umweltverwaltung" by Carolin von Groote-Bidlingmaier
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukPlaying changing the number of 'experts' on an LLM - it's kind of interesting; Qwen3-next runs 10 by default, I can make it run a bit faster on my cpu by turning down to 4 and it's still OK.
@ian@phpc.socialAite folks, point me in the direction of good resources on creating bug bounty programs, given that they're by default a minefield.
@joe@toot.works... why?
"State file encryption and hardware attestation keys are no longer enabled by default."
#TailScale
@newstik@social.heise.de
@knurd42@social.linux.pizzaI use middle-click-to-paste in #Gnome a lot.
I nevertheless think it's wise that developers want to turn it off by default.
@emilis@social.linux.pizzaAnyone know of good lightweight Linux distros for #RaspberryPi?
Was trying to repurpose one of my Pies today...
The official Raspberry Pi OS runs some "cloud" services and has Raspberry Pi Connect installed by default.
Not enthusiastic to wait and see the next level of enshitiffication, so looked for an alternative.
Tried
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioTo be entirely fair, macOS and Windows are going down such clownchute that it is possible that they just won't work for people at all anymore, so it could be that Linux gets popular by default.
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.socialIn SwiftTerm, half of my throughput is sacrificed to the Swift Exclusive Access Check Gods.
https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftTerm/issues/437
@chiraag@mastodon.onlineI know some people are iffy about @…, but I've had a great experience with them. I'm not a huge fan of the AI-related stuff they're doing, but it's turned off by default and you can ignore it (like I do) if you're not a fan.
I'm a paid customer because I use a custom domain with catch-all addresses and it's been amazi…
@fell@ma.fellr.netI have set up my Thunderbird to use plain text and "interleaved, quote under" style, which is also the recommendation of the Linux Kernel mailing list. By default, it doesn't quote at all. I'm sick of throwing huge chunks of HTML back and forth where any long conversation grows into a formatting mess.
#Email
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.infoHappy #FreeCADFriday! This week I've been working on re-modelling the case for the Morserino M32 Pocket. At least four different people had worked on the case. It was initially made in FreeCAD, but then was modified with other software, and the current case that QRP Labs is shipping was edited in s…
@me@mastodon.peterjanes.caThere's a video going around social media today showing an individual in Minneapolis being killed by American "ICE" personnel. In many cases, there's no content warning, and it (and other videos) will automatically play in most apps and browsers by default.
If you happen across it, or other traumatic videos, and it causes intrusive thoughts, I've seen credible sources saying that real and good advice to counter them is to play Tetris.
@jtk@infosec.exchangeHere's another new #hosting provider experience I wasn't expecting to see. Forky installed by default. I selected Debian 10, because that was the latest version in config form. Maybe they thought they were doing me a favor? The hardware isn't that new. If I wanted Ubuntu I would have chosen that.
Trixie aka Debian 13 just came out in August, Forky is the current"testin…
@samvarma@fosstodon.orgApple is losing the normals. At a superb owl gathering and everyone (all generations) is complaining about #iOS updates changing everything, and a specific example is enabling crossfade in Music by default.
Decision has been made not to update grandma's iPad going forward because that would render it effectively useless from her point of view. Have heard same complaint from my mother: "…
@jackie@social.linux.pizza
@mszll@datasci.socialRE: https://mementomori.social/@rolle/115830860141268596
I've implemented this design on datasci.social now via Custom CSS. Looks much better than the default - great work by @…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the UK government wants Apple, Google, and others to block explicit images at the OS level by default to protect kids and have adults verify their ages (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/0ef79775-eadf-4cc9-b32c-e97b0eff816f
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org@… And Typst produces Tagged PDF by default: https://typst.app/docs/reference/pdf/
@datascience@genomic.socialDo you need better performance than what the standard #tidyverse functions have? {collapse} might be worth a look: https://sebkrantz.github.io/collapse/
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org@… And Typst produces Tagged PDF by default: https://typst.app/docs/reference/pdf/
@jos@social.linux.pizzaThe #WordPress List View isn’t very useful by default with complex blocks. This experiment defaults to expanding 20 items more evenly across block levels, with options to change that number.
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.euInterestingly, CachyOS was restrcting by default the power draw of my GPU. Once I enabled the maximum allowed wattage and set the KDE power preferences to Performance, this game matched its FPS/Upscaler results in Windows and Linux 🕺 👾 🎮 (It's a 3 min video of me, running like a madman on an alien planet.)
The Alters - Windows vs. Linux - FSR 4.0.2 INT8 vs. FSR 4.0.0 FP8 (EMU)
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsSo it's been pointed out that steve, the #jobserver, doesn't have a #logo. Here's a first approximation. Made in #Inkscape, using lines and fonts (the apples are from Noto Sans, I think). I also have an SVG version but browsers mess it up by substituting the apples for some colorful emojis with incompatible metrics. I've added a bright background, since the actual transparent background doesn't work on black (which seems to be Mastodon default).
@piger@mastodon.socialstill not sold on having to rely on new protocols (gemini) or very old protocols (gopher) instead of making a wiser use of the ones used at large (http). When the solution is to add more software I’m skeptical by default
@tiotasram@kolektiva.socialJust finished "If You'll Have Me" by Eunnie. A wonderful and very sweet sapphic romance graphic novel. I love the fact that it's set in a world where gay is the unremarkable default (there's a subtle token hetero couple that appear on a single page, IIRC).
#AmReading #ReadingNow
@kubikpixel@chaos.socialX now lets any user AI-edit other users’ images without consent, and there is no opt out
A few days ago X introduced a new AI Image Editing button that lets any user modify images posted by others, even without the original uploader’s consent. Image owners are not notified when edits are made, and the feature is enabled by default with no opt-out option (at least not so far) […]
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@michabbb@social.vivaldi.net⚙️ Print mode runs by default for non-interactive execution, interactive mode enabled via .i. filename marker (task.i.claude .md), _interactive frontmatter key, or -_i CLI flag
🌐 Remote URL imports cached at ~/.mdflow/cache/ with 1-hour TTL, use --no-cache to force fresh fetch, automatic .env file loading from markdown file directory with support for .env.local, .env.development, .env.production
@laimis@mstdn.socialplaying whack-a-mole with app notifications that get enabled by default when you get a new phone. geez, how do people get anything done if they just keep the defaults!
@stsquad@mastodon.org.ukI thought I'd killed my trusty #turrisomnia but it turned out my tinkering had left it and the recovery partition in a very old broken state. Fortunately after failing with a cheapo usb key I did get a more recent factory image on it. I now realise quite how fast back the system was because everything is dark mode by default now with a nice onboarding process.
@axbom@axbom.meI almost signed up for Gaggle Mail even though it's US-based. I figured at least they seem to have good sense in seeing the value of email for discussion groups. And then while trialing I saw they have a function to summarise email discussions via ChatGPT that is *turned on by default*. I mean, wtaf.
So I'm deciding on self-hosting Mailman. It always seems to come back to self-hosting in the end, doesn't it... which is not nearly easy enough for most people to grapple with.
@fanf@mendeddrum.orghmm, our crappy access point has terrible bufferbloat when the offspring is downloading stuff on the pc
the pc is now running linux mint, which has fq_codel by default, but evidently that’s ineffective for an edge device
so i fettled it to use bbr instead of reno congestion control, while giving a lecture on why this might help with buffer bloat
we shall see if it actually helps…
@samvarma@fosstodon.orgSo I am now at 10% battery, with the machine connected to the power adapter… I wonder what happens when it gets to 0, but is still connected. Losing a percentage point every few minutes at this stage.
Almost seems like it uses the battery by default, and the power going in only goes to charging the battery, not actually running the machine?
And what would happen if I set topaz to do upscaling overnight?
@vyskocilm@witter.cz
@pre@boing.worldThe AI features are "Optional by default" which is a mad thing to say. What?
If you want to turn them off then just flip the "off" switch to the "on" position 😆
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD4LspntEmI
