dolmen

erincandescent, 5 days ago to random

I work for a French company, which means I get reminded yearly about the existence of the concept of the Solidarity Day, and I do not understand how the French people not only allowed the government to take away one of their public holidays a year (which will vary based upon employer) and replace it with a day where you have to work, but to go as far as to replace it with a day where you have to work but do not get paid for doing so :afloofLoad:

angusm, 9 days ago to random

This essay by @pluralistic incidentally sheds some light on my almost comical struggles to get broadband at a house in a semi-rural area, which recently culminated in LARGE ISP assuring me that they have no fiber going to the house owned by the neighbor who gets service from LARGE ISP’s RESELLER. As my neighbor demonstrably has Internet access, I can only assume that the packets are hand-carried to their front door by helpful elves.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/112451309811648263

Edent, 23 days ago (edited 23 days ago) to random

You receive a call on your phone.
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraud.

"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?

The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."

Your phone buzzes. You tap the notification This is what you see.

Still think it is a scam?
1/3

sebsauvage, 27 days ago (edited 27 days ago) to random French

Je suis en train de réfléchir à faire un Wine portable avec un préfixe déjà préparé avec les packages les plus courants.
Ça permettrait de faire tourner out-of-the-box la plupart des jeux, sans dépendances.

Ps: inutile de me parler des Bottles ou PlayOnLinux: ce sont des usines à gaz, avec beaucoup trop de dépendances.
Mon but c'est de rester minimaliste (et en ligne de commande)

(Suite)

gvwilson, 1 month ago to random

Books I started writing but never finished include an introduction to R for Python programmers (wasn't enough of an audience), "Data Science for Software Engineers" (ditto), "Managing Research Software Projects" (I realized I didn't know enough), and "The Compassionate Programmer" (ditto).

timbray, 1 month ago to random

I think the #xz incident is teaching us that our infrastructure is dangerously fragile in the face of well-organized/funded attackers. The response isn’t “try harder” or “donate to your OSS project”, it needs to be institutional, professional, and at scale.

So, here’s my proposal, called “OSQI”, aimed at starting a how-to discussion: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/04/01/OSQI

Edent, 1 month ago to random

Found a whole new level of security incompetence.

Went to type in my 2FA code, but nothing appeared on screen.

They hadn't disabled pasting. Instead, they used JavaScript to ensure that only numbers could be typed in.

But only numbers from the number row of my keyboard.

I was using my NumPad which, as every good developer knows, uses different event codes!

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/code

nojhan, 2 months ago to python French

Perdus dans la jungle des outils #Python permettants de gérer vos paquetages et environnements ?

Anna-Lena Popkes a tout analysé pour y voir plus clair (en août dernier) ⤵

"An unbiased evaluation of environment management and packaging tools"
https://alpopkes.com/posts/python/packaging_tools/

ZacSweers, 2 months ago to random

Are the AI people at google ok

nixCraft, 3 months ago to random

Malicious compliance 😂👇

dolmen, 4 months ago to random French

I'm going to NYC in one month. I'm sad to learn from @pluralistic that the amazing hotel I had been to about 18 years ago on my first visit is now destroyed: Pennsylvania.
I just learned the link between that location and the hacker culture and I'm even more sad about #enshittification attacking my souvenirs.
https://omg.wtf.sh/@thetarquin/111797675808319624

boilingsteam, 4 months ago to linux

A Suprising Discovery Inside The Steam Deck's APU: https://boilingsteam.com/an-in-depth-look-at-the-steam-deck-apu/
#linux #linuxgaming #update #hardware #steamdeck #gaming #apu #amd #design #surprise

markwyner, 4 months ago to mastodon

Some words about Mastodon moderation:

1. It’s hard. No decision is easy and there’s lots of gray area even with explicit rules.
2. We’ll sometimes debate for a long time on a single post. We do our best to make the right call.
3. Even so, we sometimes make mistakes. We’re willing to accept appeals when that happens.
4. We get a lot of things right. You can’t even imagine some of the traumatic things we see.

1/5

#Mastodon #Moderation #Admin #Kindness #Empathy #Hate #Safety #MastoAdmin

foone, 4 months ago to random

I wonder exactly how much of the internet would evaporate instantly if you detonated a high-altitude nuclear weapon over the bay area?

I'm not saying it'd be a good idea to destroy silicon valley in a flash of nuclear fire, but just EMPing the area would take out a frightening amount of servers all at once.

thomasfuchs, 4 months ago to random

You know what’s awesome? Every time I use my 1970s Hi-Fi stuff I just turn it on and it works.

There’s no updates to download and install, no notifications to swipe away and no Bluetooth that needs reconnecting.

gamingonlinux, 5 months ago to random

Just saying. Most sites are like this, you actually click through, and it's a loooong list of companies.

The web is terrible without adblocks now. It's everywhere, some sites it's literally every other paragraph, and then a video that appears over content and more.

dolmen, 5 months ago to random French

@simon

About: https://til.simonwillison.net/mastodon/verifying-github-on-mastodon

You mention creating github.com/your-username/your-username.github.io but your own repo is https://github.com/simonw/simonw.github.com (.io vs .com)

grrlscientist, 5 months ago to random

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