@jtk@infosec.exchange2026-01-16 19:25:18
The title of the blog post blog was clickbait for me. It argues #Thinkpad fandom boils down to price, build quality, and repairability.
There is one glaringly obvious omission any longtime user should spot immediately. There is no mention of the unique trackpoint-based keyboard design that you can't find anywhere else.
I've stopped using ThinkPads as my primary platform f…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-03-15 15:04:00
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116233732811021061
It may come as a shock to you but humans believe in all sorts of bullshit
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-17 02:36:11
A reporter details harassment and death threats from gamblers trying to win a Polymarket bet if he doesn't change his report on a missile impact in Israel (Emanuel Fabian/The Times of Israel)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng2026-02-15 12:44:57
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116071868206490125
...and happy 33rd anniversary to The Brundles[1], the commercial Atari 8bit clone I wrote and co-designed for a publisher in 1993 (and that without ever even playing the original :)
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-02-15 18:35:04
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116075240282086322
Relying on a single platform is bad (ask any YouTuber) but outsourcing your own skills to a platform is end-game terrible.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-02-15 13:30:59
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116074874092696186
I think this cultural shift actually started around 2008–2010, with the advent of crypto and the metastasizing of complex web frameworks that started to replace native apps.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-01-16 11:50:43
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115900896398619371
Yay, the "good" (still very slow but not like molasses) Internet is back! ~18-hour outage.
Hope those techs are getting some sleep now.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-01-17 03:05:51
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115905194480224518
An exception is possibly when you make a website that looks awful on purpose, e.g. for nostalgia for marquee elements and so on.
(Even then please make it honor user preferences.)
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-01-15 14:20:43
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115894798045761296
It should be noted that Ted Nelson here has a bit of a naive viewpoint, as the reasons for how a machine is designed and why it exists are because people made it and people literally always have an agenda.
In other words, a machine exists because it does something that a person actively decided it should—it is the embodiment of non-neutrality.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-02-17 02:31:59
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116083589029041168
Nobody gives a shit anymore about anything.
It’s fine to post absolute tripe like this on a corporate website.
It’s fine to post quotes that were never said in a newspaper.
It’s fine to reference science that doesn’t exist in scientific papers.
It’s fine to commit code that was never checked to software.
It’s fine to post music that no one made.
It’s fine to share videos of things that never happened.
It’s fine to steal, lie and scam people.
All of this is hyped and cheered on by governments, organizations, businesses and individuals.
What in the fucking fuck is wrong with everybody?