Signal integrity strikes again!.. Recording talks in a new venue, audio didn't give me any trouble but the projector just didn't want to work with most sources. I thought the "smart" projector was being terrible. Turned out to just be the long-ass cable! Just had to use my own cable and have it awkwardly hang in the air lol

I take the ♻️ Reduce Reuse Recycle approach to computer security:

- Reduce the length of your passwords
- Reuse your encryption IVs
- Recycle your TPMs

I think the biggest blind spot in FOSS is that for most people most of the time, computers aren't liberating or empowering at all, they're just in the way. They're an unwanted layer of complexity that's been forced into the gap between them and whatever they're trying to get done.

We've had a chance to microdose on that experience with the proliferation of silly IoT widgets - wtf is this, why is there a computer here I'm trying to make toast - but IMO haven't really absorbed the core lesson.

Hi everyone! I'm in a bit of a tough spot, and after paying my rent this week I am going to be flat broke and will struggle to sustain myself for a while, and could really use the help.

Currently, I am spending a lot of time (between my uni exams) volunteering to help improve GNOME in many ways, such as:

- Better hardware enablement, such as (https://codeberg.org/kramo/cartridges/pulls/406) and (https://codeberg.org/kramo/cartridges/pulls/418) to enable controller input in Cartridges, and (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/682) to support back/forth hardware buttons, like those seen on some gaming/productivity mice, in GNOME Calendar.

- Improve accessibility in GNOME, with (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/4013) to improve accessibility of the selection mode in GNOME's screenshot overlay, and (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/681) to fix missing tooltips and labels in GNOME Calendar.

- Help with maintenance and add new features to many commonly used GTK and GNOME apps, such as adding a new comparison mode to Upscaler with (https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Upscaler/-/merge_requests/101) (with help from Skelly), porting GNOME Music to Blueprint with (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-music/-/merge_requests/1140) and (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-music/-/merge_requests/1141), and helping to improve the ecosystem by occasionally streaming my changes on my Youtube account.

These changes take many hours of my free time to research, develop and test, with 0 compensation. If #Linux accessibility, hardware-enablement or having amazing, beautiful Linux and #LinuxMobile apps is important to you, I would strongly urge you to donate or boost this post!

My KoFi is https://ko-fi.com/zoeyahmed. My current goal is to raise £300, which should cover me and allow me to continue making GNOME and the FOSS ecosystem better and more accessible then ever!
Current Total: £166.17/£300

#MutualAid #TransMutualAid #Accessibility #a11y #GNOME #GNOMECalendar #GNOMEShell #Upscaler #Cartridges #MutualAidRequest

Seeking open source contributors for a research study!

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Earlier this month, Daniel "Des" Sanchez Estrada was sentenced to 30 years in prison for moving a box of zines.

I made a zine to raise awareness. Crime Zine: https://drj11.itch.io/crime-zine (my first zine). Read on your screen in 4 pages of A5, or print on doubled-sided A4.

Please share and boost.
#zine

today in gratuitous overconsumption (by my standards okay??): the save icon ssd cage has arrived yay

can't help getting astrology × audiophile vibes from llm enthusiasts: "oh no honey you can't use opus 4.8, it's so nerfed, try glm-5.2 or the codex 5.5, they have a warm gemini sound, very well rounded on details and tone. but don't use google's gemini models, they are really leos, they have good treble response but you can't trust their mid-range"

filming a porno with an anamorphic lens call that Analmorphic

wow FreeCAD has been absolutely falling apart for me. Tried to model a kitchen drawer and adding some simple features would crash. And then dimensioning in TechDraw apparently just does not have the way to pull the full length of the underlying edge ugghhhh. Tried to now model a bike accessory and I'm getting bizzare "wire not closed" for really basic "stack two boxes of the same width" stuff… aaand crashes. Same crashes in 1.1.1 and 1.2.beta.. Seriously WTF, I've done a lot more complex stuff with it before?!

Dune3D seriously feels a lot more stable these days despite being based on the same mess that is OCCT! But honestly it seems like for more complex parts I'll have to use proprietary software :blobcatgoogly:

Turning a z-buffer into a "how badly should something be JPEG compressed" mask, giving this interestingly "robotic myopia" view

(The effect is a lot better on landscape on mobile / big screen)

lmao

I haven't heard anyone talk about it but we've all seen how much the slopped up flyers/posters/title-cards everywhere all have the same exact style right?

Always that one tall narrow font with that FUCKING DIRT TEXTURE over it… Everywhere, all the time, we're getting this "literally dirty" design shoved into our faces. I'm so tired of it. So much for "there will be fewer and fewer tells for if something is generated slop" lmao.

While you were busy laying eggs, I studied the blade. While you were valuing the goose, I mastered the kill chain.

github doesn't support ipv6, but judging by their uptime they're at least doing their best to also not support ipv4

You know what that GitLab page is missing? Kill chain. Come on man, you can't claim to be a serious tech company in 2026 and not be part of the kill chain. The kill chain is the new blockchain. When you were having premarital sex, I mastered the kill chain. I've heard that in 2 months, all investors will be requiring kill chain to be part of your product pitch, so you still have time. And don't forget to like and subscribe to @valpackett for more Sillycon Valley buzz!

the mastodon OCR had a great time with the logos. ah yes love to work for LocKweeD marTin. 420 blaze it am i right

i saw the home page of gitlab dot com accidentally when logging in to respond to a comment and what in the holy corposlop is any of this

even beyond "AI this AI that"… what the hell is SAST and DAST?!

hey everyone,

you may have guessed reading between the lines, but I lost my job in the recent tech layoffs…

also burnt out and realised I need to go back to working on stuff I care about.

I hope to gather enough small monthly sponsors to at least cover the bills, so I can:

- 🖥️ create beautiful apps for #Linux / #GNOME

- ✏️ provide free #design support to #OpenSource projects

if you like my work, please consider $1/month to make this possible?

thank you. :)

https://github.com/sponsors/hbons

South Korean worker unions at memory chip makers Samsung and SK Hynix negotiated profit sharing last year given the spike in demand for chips. Around 10% of profits in each case.

A worker earning about $52,400 could receive up to $410,000 in bonuses this year according to Reuters.

The bonuses are so large they are distorting the local economy. A nice win for factory workers.

https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/tech-bonuses-in-south-korea-have-grown-so-large-that-the-central-bank-is-raising-inflation-fears/4272421/