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jmac

@jmac@masto.nyc

I live in New York. I get paid to write about databases. I don’t get paid to write about other stuff, but I do it anyway.

Professional technical writer; Two-time nonprofit co-founder; Liker of coffee, cats, open web technologies, et cetera.

Co-admin of https://masto.nyc, and president of Five Borough Fedi Project, the nonprofit that owns it. My posts reflect my own thoughts and opinions, which are not necessarily those of FBFP.

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jwz, to random
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XScreenSaver 6.09 is out now, including iOS and (maybe someday) Android. Please see Previously: "Your personal information is very important to us."

Two and a half new hacks this time, by me: Kallisti, High Voltage, and Headroom now has a suit.

After...
https://jwz.org/b/ykUj

foone, to random
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Oh come on, America! It's not THAT bad of a programming language!

rysiek, (edited ) to infosec
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Lukewarm take:

When I see general* "security advice" that mentions "do not use public WiFi" or "use a VPN", I am immediately suspicious about all other advice offered.

Yes, a decade ago that was a consideration, because most sites were not using HTTPS. Credentials were flying cleartext on the wire.

Today, almost all sites use HTTPS. Doesn't mean the risk is zero, but it's way lower.

*) "general" meaning "without a very specific threat model in mind", meant for general public, etc.

rysiek, (edited )
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Also, shout-out to @letsencrypt for dramatically changing the security landscape of the Web for the better over the years.

Rarely is there an example of a project so effective and so directly improving everyone's lives, while at the same time keeping the original engineering mindset and just Doing Stuff Right™ humbly in the background.

Next November it will have been exactly a decade since LE started. We all owe them a huge 10th birthday party.

vga256, (edited ) to gaming
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i'm always surprised at how overlooked Inherit the Earth is by the adventure gaming crowd.

i can understand why: it doesn't fit cleanly into the sierra-lucasarts design dichotomy, all of the characters are animals/"morphs", and the game switches between isometric and theatrical perspectives constantly.

all of those reasons alone are enough to make me enjoy an adventure game. but what stands out to me today is just how unique it all feels. the gameplay freely moves between mystery, exploration, treasure hunt and social squabbles without falling too deeply into the genre traps that have plagued adventure games for decades

even after three decades i'm surprised every time at how fascinating this little world is. i wish the dreamer's guild and talin/david joiner had be given more time and money to make games like this.

edit: he's got some very touching blog posts about his days building ITE and Faery Tale Adventure which I linked to here:
https://dialup.cafe/@vga256/110840512207550271

#adventuregames #retrogaming #dosgaming

LibrarianRA, to comics
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1958 number 25 cover of My Greatest Adventure. .

Miriamm, to random
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These are the type of statues we should be putting up. Danuta Danielsson hitting a neo Nazi (1985).

warandpeas, to random
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RATE YOUR DEATH

ElleGray, to random
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Personally I think we should go back to making beautiful hair accessories that have little swords hidden in them. I could have used this twice yesterday

(Designer Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) Paris)

panic, to random
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"A totally new perspective on some classic elements of the Western genre." Check out IGN's video preview of our upcoming published game, Arco!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbDAVPXtQDs

CatsOfYore, to random
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Reading buddy. 💕 Photo from my collection, no date/info.

nocontexttrek, to StarTrek
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vga256, to amiga
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re: previously boosted live amiga mod video recording, link here to the file (Hallucinations):
https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=58827#texts

#amiga

emeline, to Athens French
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FR : est-ce que par chance il y a des personnes sur le Fediverse qui sont / seront à Athènes demain soir pour un international ? Je suis une cycliste française et j'arriverai demain à après un périple de 40 jours à vélo et ça serait chouette de célébrer ça avec vous 🎉 (et j'ai encore des geowoods à distribuer 🤗)

EN : are they by any chance some people on the Fediverse who are in tomorrow evening? I'm a French cyclist and I will arrive in your city tomorrow from Paris after 40 days bikig. It would be nice to have a drink to celebrate With you 🎉 (and I still have some geowoods to distribute 😊)

damianogerli, to random
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I don't know why this Japanese cover for Bio-Hazard Battle had to go symbolism-hard/1994 dance compilation cd cover but that is all kinds of lovely.

LibrarianRA, to LGBTQ
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The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum
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cstross, (edited ) to random
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Business meetings exist to share information and coordinate activity: this shit enables you to be apparently present in all but actually not engaged with any. If your calendar is triple-booked then your organization is under-resourced and needs more people, not more AI. Or it's holding unnecessary meetings to make management feel better about being surrounded by minions, in which case it needs to fire the executives responsible.
https://mastodon.social/@kjhealy/112553850995965423

jwz,
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@cstross Back in 1993, I talked to a team at SGI who were building one of the first multi-person video chat apps. Since they were building it, they used it constantly. And the FIRST TWO THINGS THEY DID were: 1) a plugin that played a 5 second loop of you looking like you were still there; and 2) a plugin that would detect lulls in conversation and say "Mmm hmmm" in your voice.

hotdogsladies, (edited ) to random
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Okay, so, Midge Ure.

The guy from Ultravox who also co-wrote “Do They Know it’s Christmas?”

Yeah.

Last night I learned he was also in Visage and THIN LIZZY.

I also learned that his name is a phonetically reversed pronunciation of his given name, “Jim.”

So, I’m gonna kinda take it easy today, because that’s a lot for a person to process and integrate.

https://youtu.be/VVkHZz0WOqs?si=NcQGysQXta8zIEe0

hotdogsladies,
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In the early years of the decade, Visage made the most 80s video, and it’s for a song that still rules.

Also?

Produced by Midge Ure and fucking Conny Plank!

https://youtu.be/eZHk4RwIp_g?si=gPtg1lZcRcAAs236

moshboy, to random
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eliza, trs-80 (1978) https://www.mobygames.com/game/23505/eliza/covers/

text: hours of stimulating "conversation" at your fingertips! eliza was "born" in 1966 when dr. joseph weizenbaum created an algorithm that enables a computer to analyze and respond to conversational english. converse with eliza just as you do with an old friend. it's almost easy to forget that it's a com- puter you're talking to. have a long chat with eliza-you may be surprised at the number of interests the two of you have in common. * eliza wants to be your friend-she's a very receptive confidante and an eager counselor * eliza is curious. sometimes, she will continually question you to find out everything she possibly can * eliza responds differently to each person she meets, so she's always fresh and fascinating * eliza loves to talk about almost anything, but her favorite topics include friends, dreams and family * eliza, like everyone else, is likely to get bored with a conversation once in awhile * eliza can recognize several foreign languages, though she speaks only english

gabu, to Furry
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he took ur gameboys and he traded ur pokemons

#Furry #FurryArt #Dragon #NoodleDragon

aparrish, to random
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opens the hood of your laptop welp i see your problem. you got transistors in here. lil electric switches. maybe billions of 'em. not much i can do for you

kottke, to random
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Prior to the 2024 Euros, Belgium announced new kits for their national teams and the away kit (light blue top, brown shorts) is an homage to Tintin and his creator, Belgian cartoonist Hergé. So cool. https://kottke.org/24/06/tintin-inspired-kits-for-the-belgian-national-football-team

seano, to nyc
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I don't get it

#nyc #streetart

film_girl, to random
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I’m from Atlanta, so I won’t drink a Pepsi product unless forced. We’re a Coca-Cola family. But Diet Dr. Pepper is the best diet soda that exists. I absolutely drink more Diet Coke ounce for ounce, even tho it is worse, just b/c it’s often on sale more but DP is the real shit. Glad to see it get its due. https://www.wsj.com/business/dr-pepper-soda-sales-92b292c3?st=ty1xr5af1rgj04d&reflink=article_copyURL_share

hotdogsladies, to random
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Plexamp is amazing and has some of the best blah-blah text out there.

https://www.plex.tv/plexamp/

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CarlMuckenhoupt, to random
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An adorable dog moment:
I walk into my building. A family of three is waiting for the elevator, accompanied by a small dog. My apartment is on the second floor, so I start up the stairs. The dog follows me. The family calls to the dog, but it pays no heed. I turn around and point down the stairs. The dog looks to where I'm pointing and is overjoyed beyond measure to see its entire family down there!

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