Oh look what found its way onto my Eee PC :)
Took my first baby steps into #netbsd today :)

New blog post:

Linkdump No 127
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/10/linkdump-no-127/

#blogging #blog #links #linkdump #linkpost

I just installed the new Firefox.

Round. Everything is round. Very round. Annoyingly round.... A few more versions and everything will be a circle 🙄

It can be turned off though: Find the option browser.nova.enabled in about:config and set it to false. Then restart.

Source: https://creolened.com/firefox-version-157-is-very-round/

Thanks @stanjames 👍

It happened to me too... #fuckai

Edit: Some background on this bullshit:

https://tedium.co/2026/09/11/ilands-agents-email-spam-kaixin-tang/

I updated firefox on my other PC now too (154 -> 155) and the AI settings remained disabled. Swipe gestures were enabled before and remained enabled, but I never noticed them because I use a mouse and not a touchpad there.

Don't know what went wrong on the laptop there...

@plwt

The latest #Firefox update (155) enabled gesture swiping, which means if I swipe left on the touchpad it triggers the "back" action, swiping right triggers the "forward" action. It drove me nuts and I had to google how to get rid of it via about:config to turn it off, because it can't be accessed via the normal settings page, because why would it. Cool.

It also re-enabled the AI features that I had previously disabled, without telling me. Really cool. [Edit: this didn't happen on a different computer, where they stayed disabled. I'm pretty sure I had disabled them before, but I'm not ruling out that I messed up here.]

https://support.mozilla.org/de/questions/1533312

New blog post:

My new old Micro Hi-Fi
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/my-new-old-micro-hi-fi/

#blogging #blog #blaugust #blaugust2026

New blog post:

Linkdump No 122
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/linkdump-no-122/

#blogging #blog #links #linkdump #linkpost #blaugust #blaugust2026

New blog post:

5 Albums
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/5-albums/

#blogging #blog #blaugust #blaugust2026 #music

New blog post:

Tech sucks: You have to vote with your wallet, or nothing will change
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/tech-sucks-you-have-to-vote-with-your-wallet-or-nothing-will-change/

#blogging #blog #blaugust #blaugust2026

New blog post:

Linkdump No 119
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/linkdump-no-119/

#blogging #blog #blaugust #links #linkpost #linkdump #blaugust2026

New blog post:

Are we becoming too paranoid about AI slop?
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/are-we-becoming-too-paranoid-about-ai-slop/

#blogging #blog #blaugust

New blog post:

An OPML list of (most) blogs participating in Blaugust
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/08/an-opml-list-of-most-blogs-participating-in-blaugust/

#blogging #blog #blaugust #blaugust2026

In happier news, Tony Iommi dropped some new music, and it's amazing! It has a very Dio-era Sabbath vibe 🤘

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

New blog post:

I bought a Sony Walkman
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/07/i-bought-a-sony-walkman/

#blogging #blog #walkman

I'm using the extended web interface of the Mastodon instance I'm on. This allows for multiple columns with different content. I created one column to follow hashtags, by searching for a hashtag and then selecting "pin" in the column in which it shows the resulting posts. This column offers the option to include additional hashtags, and then I get a field where I can enter additional hashtags I'd like to show up there (see screenshot).

I can enter four additional hashtags by entering the name of the hashtag and pressing enter. If I enter a fifth one, when I press enter it just disappears. It doesn't stick.

So apparently this is limited to a maximum of five hashtags per hashtag column.

This feels like a bug to me, or a rather arbitrary limitation that doesn't make a lot of sense. Before I create a bug report, I was going to ask, is this normal? Is this deliberate? Is it a feature? Or is it indeed a bug?

For reference, the current Mastodon version on this instance is 4.5.13.

@stefano Any idea?

#mastodon #mastoadmin

New blog post:

Linkdump No 112
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/06/linkdump-no-112/

#blogging #blog #linkdump #links #linkpost

Ah man, what the hell. Anthony Stewart Head is dead. 72 is really not old...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0p0rz4n0mo

New blog post:

Linkdump No 110
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/06/linkdump-no-110/

#blogging #blog #links #linkdump #linkpost

RE: https://bildung.social/@Linkshaender/116687629505375291

Drop everything you're doing and watch this, you won't regret it 😉

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PZHR29X75Hk in case the quoted message doesn't show up.