The podcasts listened-to most by shoppers for…: Triton Digital releases data https://podnews.net/update/triton-demos-plus

The only flavour of decentralisation there’s no room for at FOSDEM is the kind that won’t speak at a conference that allows itself to be sponsored by, and thereby whitewashes, a surveillance capitalist like Google that is complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

https://progressive.international/wire/2025-08-26-un-calls-out-google-and-amazon-for-abetting-gaza-genocide/en

#FOSDEM #Google #israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #UN #BigTech #complicity #whitewashing #institutionalCorruption #PR #freeAsInGenocide https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix/115603969911396223

@gbargoud

We have really messed up on home automation. The possibilities were limitless. But all I have are light bulbs that spy on me.

If your Firefox got suspiciously slow recently, it may be due to all the AI garbage that the sneaky bastards shipped and/or enabled behind your back recently. Be sure to disable all of it: https://www.tumblr.com/mckitterick/800783738647838720?source=share

Portable computing machines peaked in the 90s and since then have suffered from the introduction of new technologies that severely decreased their reliability and longevity.

Flash memory

Before this, you used battery-backed RAM and an "AAs + coin cell" approach to keep it alive while swapping batteries. RAM is an unfussy technology without lifetime concerns. All necessary system software is in ROM, is well-debugged (because it can't be updated), and resetting to factory state is quite simple: clear RAM, boot from ROM.

After: You must now patch your firmware to whatever version the community/homebrewers support. Once you use up all your write cycles, machine loses its mind or bricks itself.

Li-ion batteries

Before this, you used standardized modular batteries like AAs or coin cells. When a new battery technology comes out (like rechargeables or NiMH's), upgrades are automatic and backwards-compatible. Battery life is limited only by the number of spare cells you bring.

After: Batteries are custom to the machine and often go out of production along with it. Batteries may be sealed inside and inaccessible without specialized tools.

There are many machines I would collect if not for these poison pill techs.

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¿Cuántos han vivido este tipo de sobremesa? 🔥Revívelo hoy mismo, ya disponible en nuestra web.

💥 Black Friday: disfruta de un 5% de descuento en la configuración que elijas.

https://slimbook.com/en/blog/news-1/post/the-computer-of-your-dreams-492
#KymEraRetroEdition #Slimbook #RetroPC #Nostalgia90s #Gaming #BlackFriday

Légende du reggae, Jimmy Cliff est mort à l’âge de 81 ans https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2025/11/24/jimmy-cliff-legende-du-reggae-est-mort_6654627_3246.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Waffles the Cat, having a warmup nap for his big nap later after his second breakfast.

#cat #CatsOfMastodon #cats #mastocats #tripawed #ThreeLeggedCat #catstodon #fedicats

#FediHelp

Ich würde gern zwei türkische Bücher über den Buchhandel bestellen (um Türkisch zu lernen, aber es soll kein Lehrbuch sein).

1. Ein Bilderbuch mit viel Text für Kinder.
2. Ein Roman für Kinder etwa im Alter 10 oder 12.

Am liebsten soll Türkisch die Originalsprache sein.

Am liebsten hätte ich gern, dass die Bücher irgendwie feministisch oder antirassistisch oder queer sind oder zumindest nicht das Gegenteil.

Hat jemand Empfehlungen?

#Autor_innenleben #SchreibendenLeben

# Akkoma # Statistics 2025-11-24 13:00 CET
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# Fediverse

Just emailed my MP about removing PFI's from the NHS:

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-pfi

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/115604558732614327

Toddlerverse🤔

PLP316: Lobstered Garlic #art #MastoArt #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #Photoshop #sketch #Stylized #Fantasy #Character #Armor #Spade

Cette pratique d’identification s’est développée et a été tolérée pendant des années. Pourtant, elle est totalement contraire à l’esprit du TES et aux positions du Conseil constitutionnel, du Conseil d’État et de la CNIL. Nous demandons donc que le ministère de l’Intérieur rende des comptes et soit sanctionné.

💯

I'd forgotten a lot of this until recently.

#Mastodon community support question, or perhaps a #Fedilab @apps specific one: is it possible to do a literal hashtag support without it doing 'clever' transliteration?
In other words, have #Bodø only show results for Bodø, and not Bodo or even BoDo?

#MastodonSupport #AskFedi #AskMastodon