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Watching Star Trek the other day and wondering if @foone helped design this prop...

Watching Star Trek the other day and wondering if @foone helped design this prop...

Annnnd Siri just defined the word “nevermind” for me

Annnnd Siri just defined the word “nevermind” for me

Why the unholy fuck does my *mouse* want to try to enhance my experience with AI?

Why the unholy fuck does my *mouse* want to try to enhance my experience with AI?

WTF is a "Fediverse Chick"?

WTF is a "Fediverse Chick"?

Ah yes, this is definitely here to protect *me*.

Ah yes, this is definitely here to protect *me*.

It has been pointed out by other users in this thread that the PIN nag can, in fact, be disabled, and I possibly may be even inadvertently...

It has been pointed out by other users in this thread that the PIN nag can, in fact, be disabled, and I possibly may be even inadvertently opted into it during setup, so this was an unfair criticism.

I do still hold that the FTUE design in general is a pretty big obstacle to adoption, and I know more people than not who've bounced off the platform due to not feeling they could trust it.

What signal does is more important now than ever before, which is why it hurts that most people I've pitched it to have uninstalled it...

What signal does is more important now than ever before, which is why it hurts that most people I've pitched it to have uninstalled it halfway though setup.

Advocates generally seem dismissive of focusing on the app's "vibes" instead of the quality of its backend encryption implementation.

But most of my friends don't know or care what an elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman function is, they just know not to trust apps that do all the things Signal does.

I feel like it's taboo to say in the cryptography community, but #signalapp understands privacy better than consent, and its...

I feel like it's taboo to say in the cryptography community, but #signalapp understands privacy better than consent, and its frustrating.

Please trust me to be responsible for the consequences of forgetting my password. I am not a child.

Please don't second guess my unwillingness to share my contacts. You have not earned that trust.

Please don't neg me for not wanting to interact with features on your terms instead of my own. I came here to escape that pattern of behavior.

I swear to fuck the trend of tech companies making *computers* a second class platform is going to be the thing that turns me into a luddite...

I swear to fuck the trend of tech companies making *computers* a second class platform is going to be the thing that turns me into a luddite hermit.

eBay: We support passkeys now!*spend minutes looking around the account settings of the site with no hint of a way to set this up.*eBay:...

eBay: We support passkeys now!

*spend minutes looking around the account settings of the site with no hint of a way to set this up.*

eBay: (fine print) We do not support passkeys in web browsers.

Have an upcoming opportunity to rebuild my home router, so giving OpnSense another test drive.Turns out I still hate BSD more than I like...

Have an upcoming opportunity to rebuild my home router, so giving OpnSense another test drive.

Turns out I still hate BSD more than I like it's slick web UI, so I think it's going to be Debian again.

Giving Wayland on Mint another test drive and it's actually pretty good now?

Giving Wayland on Mint another test drive and it's actually pretty good now?

What level of heat-death-of-the-internet is it when I need urgently need to write down some measurements before I forget them but my note...

What level of heat-death-of-the-internet is it when I need urgently need to write down some measurements before I forget them but my note taking app needs to tell me about it's new features and nag me for notification consent first?

Web forms were a mistake

Web forms were a mistake

I like the way my TV works right now, so I've decided to MAC blackhole it from the Internet in case Samsung suddenly decides they'd...

I like the way my TV works right now, so I've decided to MAC blackhole it from the Internet in case Samsung suddenly decides they'd like it work differently someday.

I've got to give #enshittification some credit - it's broken me of the bad habit of being easily distracted by notification badges,...

I've got to give #enshittification some credit - it's broken me of the bad habit of being easily distracted by notification badges, since they no longer have any meaning and are just shorthand for ads now.

I wish the websites of open source development frameworks/package managers/dependency managers/acronym encabulators had a section for the...

I wish the websites of open source development frameworks/package managers/dependency managers/acronym encabulators had a section for the 98% of users who are there because something else listed them as a dependency and who literally don't care what programming language the tool is even for.

Let's hear it for "Try our app!" buttons that just throw a .exe at you without checking your host OS first.

Let's hear it for "Try our app!" buttons that just throw a .exe at you without checking your host OS first.

Imagining a better would where NATO makes it a war crime for websites to hijack Ctrl-F away from your browser's search function.

Imagining a better would where NATO makes it a war crime for websites to hijack Ctrl-F away from your browser's search function.

I've found myself carrying water for #Mozilla a lot these days, as I've long been a believer that they're trying to make the web...

I've found myself carrying water for #Mozilla a lot these days, as I've long been a believer that they're trying to make the web a better place, even as, with increasing frequency, they massive fumble the public messaging on some well-intentioned features.

But I really don't know what to make of their their latest newsletter bragging about new #AI fighting tools and new AI *creating* tools at the same time. Like, what the hell is going on?