@laf0rge@chaos.social2026-01-01 11:34:12
One of the [to german or english native speakers] more cryptic signs put up at various locations of #39c3. I had to use cyrillic OCR and a ukranian to english translation software to make sense of it. Very nice, congrats to whoever did that.
@frankel@mastodon.top2026-02-27 09:24:00
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-02-26 03:09:40
Vibe coding provides a tantalizing answer in that situation: maybe it’s too varied to •abstract•, but not too varied to •plagiarize• and call it good.
This is something subtly different from abstraction. It’s not “do this in the standard way.” Instead, it’s “just rip off whatever other people are doing right now.”
A lot of people really want that — and tbh, a lot of them are not wrong to want it. I personally love the craft of programming, but let’s face it, a lot of software out there just needs to look like everything else and be done with it.
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-01-25 16:21:02
I’ve had this contingent of the language police show up in my replies a few times now over the word “cosplay,” and look…
OK, I get it, I get the instinct to say “Don’t drag me into this!” and I applaud the effort to push fascists out of communities, yes to all that…
…and also we need to recognize that what ICE is doing absolutely •is• cosplay. The word means “costume play.” It refers to assembling and wearing costumes that are not necessarily functional, but show affinity for a particular subculture by reproducing characters from that subculture’s popular narratives.
ICE are cosplaying Call of Duty. That is an accurate description of what’s happening. (Listen to “Gear.”)
I make software and I make music. I don’t think either one of those things •should• be about violence. I don’t •want• them to be about violence. But both are used in the service of violence, like it or not. I shout the violence out whenever it shows up. But would be ridiculous for me to point at what Palantir does and say “That’s not software!” Unfortunately, it •is• software. To deny that would be beyond self-defeating; it would be irresponsible.
ICE •is• doing cosplay, and we hate it. It’s an insult to the cosplay subculture. It is an insult to the whole of humanity. Fascism creeps into all of our spheres, into every beloved craft and community, and the response is never to pretend it’s not there. The response is to drive it out.
@…
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@wildrikku/115956545807535535
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info2026-01-26 23:00:25
This looks nice! Sometimes we get really cool things posted when folks show up at Maker Forums to make their first post, and AxioCNC looks modern and has some potentially really helpful features. 🎉
https://forum.makerforums.info/t/made-a-free-…
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-01-10 18:42:03
from my link log —
Testing ECC NMI in a cubesat boot loader: intentional flash corruption for STM32 microcontrollers.
https://blog.010.one/Dont-snipe-me-in-space-intentional-flash-corruption-for-stm32-microcontrollers
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-17 21:31:06
A look at Michael Saylor's Strategy, known for buying bitcoin via creative financing strategies, as its stock trades way below its peak amid the crypto downturn (Rob Copeland/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0…
@frankel@mastodon.top2026-01-28 09:23:58
The #AI Revolution in Coding: Why I’m Ignoring the Prophets of Doom
https://codingismycraft.blog/index.php/2026/01/23/the-ai-revolutio…
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2025-12-06 14:11:00
Cybersecurity firm Blockaid has just revealed the presence of particularly dangerous malicious code on the official Pepe website. This software, known as Inferno Drainer, represents a serious threat to all PEPE holders who visit the platform.
https://investx.fr/en/crypto…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-14 12:06:07
Alpaca, which builds software to let companies offer stocks, ETFs, and other financial instruments, raised a $150M Series D led by Drive at a $1.15B valuation (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/14/alpaca-fundraise-series-d-brokerage-infrastruct…
