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Eindelijk eens bij mn voorkeuren ingesteld dat mn standaard antwoord in het Nederlands moet zijn. 'standaard' bleef maar niet lekker werken. Nu is het tenminste eenvormig.
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#Mastodonnl

speaking of slophub, here's environ-config 26.1.0 (my #Python take on loading config from env variables and secrets from safe places) a minor modernization update. thanks so much to every single name in the thanking section and to github who made it possible:

Release 26.1.0 · hynek/environ-config
Highlights Mostly packaging, small bugs, and docs updates. Only heads-up is that the created classes are now using attrs's NG-style ones with subtly different defaults. Full changelog below! Specia...

{ggblanket}, a wrapper around #ggplot for quick, explorative plots with sensible defaults and less code. https://davidhodge931.github.io/ggblanket/

So the upcoming NPM publish token changes are a potential lock-out scenario for people who're not using CI-based "Trusted Publishing" (TP) and cannot switch to "Staged Publishing" (SP) for reasons of practicality or feasibility.
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-

npm install-time security and GAT bypass2fa deprecation - GitHub Changelog
npm v12 is now generally available and tagged latest. This major release turns on the install-time security defaults we announced in June, and it’s also where we begin a deprecation…

Yay, one of the MMORPG has put out a beta client for #linux. Installed and tried to run, but they need to update their instructions.
1. APPIMAGE needs to be marked executable.
2. Client defaults to a fixed resolution. You may want to go into video settings and make it resizable.
I may play it again tonight and see if it saved my config changes.
The joys of testing b…

Monsoon season is starting!
Kodak DC290 (2MP, 1999)
Yes, I forgot to turn off the burned-in date and time (which I also didn't set).
Anyway, get yourself a camera that defaults to the previous millennium as default year.
#ShittyCameraChallenge

via @… :
Meta views its users as something akin to vassals.
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/07/09/meta-instagram-ai-default…

Meta Sets Default for Instagram Accounts to Permit Content Reuse by AI
Link to: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/technology/meta-instagram-ai.html

Post-quantum defaults and GnuPG
@… email is a very insightful overview of where the standards, implementations, and openness of the community.
After years of using OpenPGP, the PQC discussions are a good opportunity to rethink what we should prepare for next and especially which community we should work with.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@anatudor/116565947517003710
I feel validated for resisting `box-sizing: border-box` ALL THE THINGS, though not for future-proofing but because I am generally fine with leaning on browser defaults (which often map to user prefs…

The hidden cost of Google's AI defaults and the illusion of choice
Google says it respects user privacy in AI, but the reality is not so black and white.
Many people are hoping—nay, praying—that the potential AI bubble will burst soon.
🫤 https://arstechnica.com/a…

The hidden cost of Google's AI defaults and the illusion of choice
Google says it respects user privacy in AI, but the reality is not so black and white.