tech

Slack's signin procedure is the digital equivalent of boarding an airplane, "security"wise.

One of my favorite "security challenges" is the "verify your email" one. By this point my email has been verified so many times it should have top secret clearance.

#SecurityTheater #cybersecurity #infosec #Slack #tech #dev

"One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”

A lot of generative AI stuff isn’t really working,” Gownder told The Register. “And I’m not just talking about your consumer experience, which has its own gaps, but the MIT study that suggested that 95 percent of all generative AI projects are not yielding a tangible [profit and loss] benefit. So no actual [return on investment.]”

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-failing-boost-productivity

#AI #LLM #Tech #GenAI

If current-generation LLM-based chatbots can drive people to commit crimes or even take their own lives, what do you suppose Neuralink would do to people?

The first thing I said to the person who suggested to me that human brains might be directly hooked to a computer, whenever that was, was "everyone will go insane immediately". I still believe that, but now we're beginning to see evidence.

#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #Neuralink #tech #dev #HCI #BrainImplants

Bring Your GNOME Shell to Life with Gnomelets!

Turn a dull GNOME Shell graphical environment into an exciting and active one with a whimsical little desktop toy extension called Gnomelets.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/gnomelets-gnome-shell-extension/

#blog #review #GNOME #Linux #tech #technology

How to Change LibreOffice Spelling Mistakes Underline Colour

Learn the necessary steps to change or customize spelling mistakes underline colour in LibreOffice applications using this complete guide.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/libreoffice-change-spelling-mistake-underline-colour/

#blog #LibreOffice #tech #technology

✨ new on #TheFutureIsFederated 🚀

"My Fediverse Starter Guide" for newbies, based on my video and articles about Fediverse software and culture.

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/my-fediverse-starter-guide/

mentioning @Mastodon @news @gotosocial @pfefferle @pixelfed @peertube

If you share it with friends/family, let me know how it goes and if this guide is helpful to them 🙏

#digitalliteracy #BigTech #tech #SocialMedia #FOSS #blog

Stand Up and Celebrate Software Freedom Day

Join in the celebration of Software Freedom Day and learn about Free Software and its virtues along with how to host or attend this worldwide event.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/celebrate-software-freedom-day/

#blog #FreeSoftware #FOSS #tech #technology @dff

America sneezes. We catch a cold.

And the UK is overexposed.

As long as foreign tech runs our digital infrastructure, our systems can be used as leverage or disrupted on Trump's say so.

Tell your MP to support the motion for #DigitalSovereignty ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-devise-uk-digital-sovereignty-strategy

#trump #sovereignty #tech #nationalsecurity #uk #ukpolitics #ukpol

Atlassian is sunsetting its Data Center products. For Confluence users, the question is no longer whether to migrate, but how.

Together with @nextcloud ,we ran a webinar, “Break free from Confluence”, covering:
✔ Live migration demo
✔ Preserving hierarchies, macros & permissions
✔ Migration strategies with minimal disruption

Recap 👉 https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/Webinar-overview-break-free-from-Confluence/

#XWiki #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #Confluence #DataCenter #Atlassian #Tech #Technology #News #Technews

Once again blocked from using a website I've used regularly for years because of "unusual activity" from "your IP". After passing a captcha, no less.

Somehow bot-detecting algorithms have been degrading over time.

This is a troubling trend because people who aren't using the anointed access points of the internet struggle more and more to connect and interact. Large entities like CloudFlare choke off more and more avenues of access in the name of "security", enforcing digital checkpoints without any accountability to anyone.

#dev #tech #web #bot #DarkPattern #security #infosec #cybersecurity #checkpoint

World Leaders Laugh at Trump; Escalator & Teleprompter Join in

https://www.blueamp.co/p/world-leaders-laugh-at-trump-escalator #news #trump #donaldtrump #politics #maga #ai #tech #un #eu #uk #france #italy #china #russia #ukraine #europe #tv #jimmykimmel #media #press #comedy

Am I to understand from this that SearXNG is in the process of becoming AI poisoned?

https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2163
https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2008
https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2273

The last issue hasn't been active since 2023 but the 1st one has been active recently and the middle one last summer.

#SearX #SearXNG #SearchEngines #AlternateSearchEngines #MetaSearchEngines #web #dev #tech #FOSS #OpenSource #AI #AIPoisoning #AISlop #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #ChatGPT #Claude #Perplexity

Australian software engineer Sarah Spencer hacked a 1980's knitting machine to create "Stargazing: a knitted tapestry" to show the universe in a unique way. 🇦🇺

Sarah explains, “By using a floppy drive emulator written in Python and a web interface, I can send an image to the Raspberry Pi over the network, preview it in a knitting grid, and tell it to send the knitting pattern to the knitting machine via the floppy drive port ...

https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/articles/knitting-network-printer

#WomensArt #Tech #Knitting #raspberrypi

In an effort to create and provide better articles on my blog, especially those related to cybersecurity and tech, I want to get your feedback on what type of articles y’all would like to see.

So, let me know below the types, series, etc. that I can write about.

Feel free to share to help spread across the #fediverse.

#cybersecurity #infosec #tech #blogging #indieweb

最近从 Spotify 迁移到了 YouTube music，结果发现把 playlist 全加入 liked music 里这么基础的操作竟然没有原生支持，还要在 reddit 上找 AI script 操作 ( https://www.reddit.com/r/YoutubeMusic/comments/18s50uo/comment/n6ojg33/ )。真是离谱…… 还有官方迁移工具明明有歌手和歌名信息一般搜出来首个就是还能 match 错好多歌（基本都是同名但完全不同的歌）相比之下都是小问题了。

终于下决心迁出用了好多年的 Spotify 的原因是随机算法实在是差到离谱。平时开 local 几十分钟的路还勉强能忍，前阵子 road trip 开了十天车我库里 500 多首歌它竟然来来回回就只播那么几首，是怎么能烂到这种程度的，是故意做得超烂好让你用加推荐功能的吗？真是烂到家了。

也算是 tech 市场现状了。就是比烂

#tech #rant

I Must Come Clean: I Have #Trump Derangement Syndrome—And Here’s Why https://www.blueamp.co/p/i-must-come-clean-i-have-trump-derangement

"You may get TDS if you have a strong dislike for adjudicated rapists, #Jan6 insurrectionists, #Putin -suckling seditionists, and golden-showering onanists. TDS is inflamed just by encountering un-sweater’d, White Bill Cosby the Convicted Felon, or seeing him make the Oval Office look like it was decorated by Pizarro.

It must be TDS to despise the worst “human” shuffling his cankles in #America. A vile, venal, fragile, flabby, narcissistic, lazy-ass, selfish, sociopathic, soul-holed, gauche, gaudy, perpetually dumbf*ked man, woman, person, camera old coot, who looks like someone piled a burnt-ochre-colored watermelon on top of a jello-gelatin factory spill"

#news #politics #usa #donaldtrump #russia #ukraine #eu #nato #tech #ai #culture #economy #mentalhealth #health #unitedstates #media #press #tv #BAM #canada #europe #writing

I just published “I Quit Updating Hugo or: Why I Use Hugo v0.122.0” at
https://www.ii.com/hugo-update-nope/
As always, feedback is welcome!
#InfiniteInk #GoHugo #Hugo #Tech #WebDev #SysAdmin #SSG #Byℵ #ByNM

The bill emerged in response to a ProPublica investigation exposing how Microsoft used China-based engineers to service Defense Dept.’s computer systems for nearly a decade, leaving sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from a leading cyber adversary.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-law-microsoft-digital-escort-ban-china?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Microsoft #Defense #Tech #Trump #China #Cybersecurity #Technology

Be still my beating heart 😍

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/clicks-debuts-its-own-take-on-the-blackberry-smartphone-plus-a-79-snap-on-mobile-keyboard/

#Tech #technology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYmrldH8XJI #news #politics #usa #ai #republicans #fascism #epstein #tv #us #epsteinfiles #ice #donaldtrump #eu #nato #tech #elonmusk #trump #russia #america #unitedstates #culture #economy

Hi, I'm Sean.

I'm from the oldest incorporated city in so-called #canada, #SaintJohn - home of the #irving empire.

I am an iconoclast - staunchly #antifascist, #antiracist, #anticapitalist, somewhere on the #autism spectrum, and 3 years into punishing #LongCovid. #WearAMask!!!

I've worked the last decade as #HeadOfSound at a beautiful heritage #theatre. Before that I was in #tech for a decade doing #development and #reverseEngineering. I've also worked in #electronics and other #audio fields.

I grew up in a musical family and have played in bands since 13. I'm on around 60 albums, have toured canada and the us, and am part of what is likely the most prolific band in canada: #Slugmilk.

I run a home mixing studio and a small printshop and I have a small "datacentre" which #selfhosts this #mastodon instance.

I'm here on the #fedi to learn from everyone, and to help others learn. I will help anyone with anything I can.

I'd love to meet more like-minded friends - don't be shy!

#FREEPALESTINE

#Introduction

#introduction : This is my second day on Mastodon which I joined to share a story I broke on the Apple beat @gruber, the OG.

I edit the only immigration news boutique at the White House, Congress, and Supreme Court.

I'm from Chile by way of Missouri. I covered Congress for Vanity Fair before Migrant Insider. My dog is Roxy.

Elsewhere I post about mostly about ICE these days. Here I post about #immigration, plus gentler topics, like #art, #design, #culture, and of course, the #tech industry:

Are you in #tech and running your own #Fediverse instance? You might want to join an Activity Pub relay instance!

My relay at https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com has currently 139 instances connected, mostly tech related sharing the same mindset and interests like #Linux, #BSD, #Ansible, #Proxmox, #Coding, and many more! You can easily join from your instance when using #Pleroma, #snac (#snac2), #Mastodon and its forks 🙂

#fedi #fediworld #fedicommunity #community #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #homelab #Python #Debian #RockyLinux #Feditips

Vivaldi 7.6 for Android arrives!

📁 Quickly create bookmark folders
🔋 Lower background battery usage
⚡️ Optimized performance on heavy pages
🌙 UI tweaks for dark mode and tablets

Full changelog and what's new: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-mobile-7-6/

#Android #Vivaldi #Browser #App #Tech

**The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It**

🔗 https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-research-scientists-hype.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Science