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One thing slightly bothers me about the #BlackMirror universe — how come have they figured out a non-invasive high-speed brain-machine...

One thing slightly bothers me about the #BlackMirror universe — how come have they figured out a non-invasive high-speed brain-machine interface that also doubles as a fully immersive virtual reality device, but at the same time there isn't a cure for neither aging nor cancer?

If I'll ever make a Windows app again, I'm going to replace the standard "this program can not be run in DOS mode" thing...

If I'll ever make a Windows app again, I'm going to replace the standard "this program can not be run in DOS mode" thing with a tiny program that rickrolls you

Besides it just being an asshole move to divert the user's attention to anything they didn't intend to see, the feature itself...

Besides it just being an asshole move to divert the user's attention to anything they didn't intend to see, the feature itself appears to be yet another centralized thing with the "trusted verifier" ran by the Bluesky organization itself, of course.

One more reason why I dislike Bluesky: it would sometimes put up an obstacle in your way with these "new features" popups.

One more reason why I dislike Bluesky: it would sometimes put up an obstacle in your way with these "new features" popups.

The pages themselves do load, but images and styles do not

The pages themselves do load, but images and styles do not

Here's the complete list hardcoded into the client app:https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/compare/main...1.100.0-ota-1via...

Here's the complete list hardcoded into the client app:
https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/compare/main...1.100.0-ota-1

via https://bsky.app/profile/surfdude29.ispost.ing/post/3lminibcrpc2t

Trying different country codes in https://bsky.app/profile/moderation-ru.bsky.app, there are also services for:- Turkey (as originally...

Trying different country codes in https://bsky.app/profile/moderation-ru.bsky.app, there are also services for:
- Turkey (as originally discovered by @osma)
- Brazil
- UK
- Spain
- Gremany
- Japan

(this list is not complete, I did it all manually)

Bluesky is preparing to censor things in response to government requests.

Bluesky is preparing to censor things in response to government requests.

I struggle to understand their threat model for this. Surely if someone gains access to your mailbox they will have no trouble whatsoever...

I struggle to understand their threat model for this. Surely if someone gains access to your mailbox they will have no trouble whatsoever figuring out your name and birth date? But even if they won't, there's only
(26 (letters in English alphabet) ^ 4 (positions)) * 366 (days in a year) = 167 253 216 possible passwords.
So surely any CPU made in the last 20 years will have no trouble at all bruteforcing that in an instant?

Maybe someone knows why they could be doing it anyway?

One bank I use emails me monthly statements. They come as PDFs. Password-protected PDFs. The password is this:

One bank I use emails me monthly statements. They come as PDFs. Password-protected PDFs. The password is this:

Smithereen has privacy settings but they aren't designed to handle the specific case of "Who can send me messages: everyone, except...

Smithereen has privacy settings but they aren't designed to handle the specific case of "Who can send me messages: everyone, except Nicole the Fediverse Chick"

Oh ffs, again?!

Oh ffs, again?!

What kind of sadistic person at Meta came up with this genius idea to show recommended accounts in the following and followers lists on...

What kind of sadistic person at Meta came up with this genius idea to show recommended accounts in the following and followers lists on Instagram, requiring an extra tap to see the complete list?

And then the whole thing is utterly broken. You see that someone follows 54 accounts, you tap on that, and you see... An empty list. And a bunch of recommended accounts, of course. That part somehow always works very well.

For the purpose of this poll, upselling is when either an employee or a UI intentionally tries to manipulate you into buying something extra...

For the purpose of this poll, upselling is when either an employee or a UI intentionally tries to manipulate you into buying something extra or something different from what you initially intended to buy.

In an ideal world, should upselling be illegal?YesNo

In an ideal world, should upselling be illegal?

Yes
No

When a website has run out of my trust on its use of popovers.

When a website has run out of my trust on its use of popovers.

How Android handles HDR content in the app switcher is also interesting: there's clearly some sort of local tone mapping going on

How Android handles HDR content in the app switcher is also interesting: there's clearly some sort of local tone mapping going on

Inspired by @samhenrigold's post about using HDR brightness in a custom UI component on iOS:...

Inspired by @samhenrigold's post about using HDR brightness in a custom UI component on iOS: https://hachyderm.io/@samhenrigold/114280958964987451

I saw this and thought to myself, hmmm, since I can view those ultra HDR pictures taken with the camera, I must be able to programmatically construct such an HDR bitmap with arbitrary content, which is exactly what I did here.

I'm sure there are better ways to achieve this without leaving the hardware rendering pipeline, but this was most straightforward.

And this is all the code that you need to do this.

And this is all the code that you need to do this.

Most people don't realize this, but retina-searing HDR brightness is no longer exclusive to Apple devices. Recent high-end Android...

Most people don't realize this, but retina-searing HDR brightness is no longer exclusive to Apple devices. Recent high-end Android phones can do this just as well.