@OpenMediaOrg you may be interested to know that the identity verification system the BC government is setting up will require using a Google/Apple-approved mobile device, and can't be done from a custom ROM or Linux.

By implementing "remote attestation," authentication providers -- such as the BC provincial government -- can cryptographically verify that users' authenticator apps are usable only on Google- or Apple-approved mobile devices.

This is not just theory, this is the BC government's *actual plan* for their upcoming "BC Wallet App":

https://github.com/bcgov/bc-wallet-mobile/issues/3940#issuecomment-4569126794

Why is "The Linux Foundation" backing an authentication ecosystem that cannot (and never will be able to) run on Linux?

https://openwallet.foundation/

https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/bifold-wallet#bifold-readmemd

At the seattle airport today I saw a giant ad for SUSE (linux). Followed by another ad which just says "EMULATE."

So I guess I have to believe in god now or something

https://www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-religious-exemption-using-ai-at-work-2026-6

Thanks to #PopeLeoXIV @pontifex, a tech worker successfully got a religious exemption from using AI at work.

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/35949-volkswagen-app/45

This month, GrapheneOS users woke up to find they could no longer operate their cars. nice job #volkswagen /s

jank is the price of freedom

And this ubiquitous basic understanding of technological interoperability interfaces is shared with only one other franchise I'm aware of... Star wars!

In that universe, everyone from the wealthiest of aristocrats to the poorest of farmers understands what an "energy converter" is, and which of many identical-looking cables to plug in to which jack in order to receive a broadcast from the other side of the galaxy. 💕

It's just interesting how certain daily experiences tend to go completely unacknowledged in media.

(I'll resist drawing parallels to society more broadly...)

my favourite scene in #pluribus is the one where she says "HDMI"

great #nontechnical podcast by @pluralistic, "who broke the internet" (and how to fix it)

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1353-the-naked-emperor/episode/16144078-who-broke-the-internet-or-e1-dont-be-evil

3-pixel horizontal scrolling on the Atari is possible! Normally the playfield limits scrolling to increments of 4 pixels, but because 1 cpu cycle is the same amount of time as it takes for the TIA to output 3 pixels to a scanline, the colour can be modulated in 3-pixel increments by writing to BGCOL (or FGCOL) every single instruction. This sequence of instructions can be pre-computed and executed from RAM, as in this demo.

More info: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/341661-3-pixel-horizontal-scrolling-homebrew/

#atari2600 #demoscene #homebrew

Billy Galaxy (http://billygalaxy.com/) in Portland inspired me to look into Atari 2600 homebrew. Turns out, Atari 2600 is really fun and easy. Here's a weird demo thing I put together on the train home to #vancouver.

#Atari2600 #demoscene #Portland #BillyGalaxy #homebrew

GAMES!