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FediForum Fall 2026 is in just 6 weeks, and people who have registered are again proposing topics they want to run sessions about, or discuss.
We are again publishing the topics on our website. Here is the 1st batch: https://fediforum.org/2026-10/
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@CamilleXMorgan oulala. Je parle de tellement de choses 🥴😭
@benjamin @CamilleXMorgan
Yep, faut juste trouver la formule de la "croissance neutre" avant que la planète ne s'arrête géologiquement* de nous fournir quotidiennement de quoi user & abuser de la croissance tout court..! 🙃
*Inspiré par l'écoute de JMJ ce mâtin sur la voix de la France..!
Qui est sorti de la même école d'ingé que Pouyanné (un Abuseur confirmé & malheureusement plutôt compétant... 😩 )
Peratallada
At my opthalmologist's office this morning:
1. A closely-written document about the use of AI notetaking in visits, which eventually gets around to saying you can opt out. But only verbally. There's no written opt-out option.
2. A sign on the back of the exam room door that says that, for patient privacy, patients aren't allowed to have their cellphones out.
3. An ad for Meta glasses frames at the checkout desk (you can buy them from their optometry lab).
The Potential of M6 and M5 Ultra for Local AI on macOS
https://www.macstories.net/notes/the-potential-of-m6-and-m5-ultra-for-local-ai-on-macos/
@fatsam I think we (Gen X men and older: maybe some younger) are willing to be rude and crude with our mates *because* we know they'll take it in good spirits and not punch us in the face. Strangers might not be so forgiving, so we're polite with them. And it's just plain rude to do it to people who will experience it as the privileged punching down from a social position of power. Y/N?
@cstross absolutely yes. The punching down versus punching sideways is a critical distinguishing factor I think.
New bootloader lets you take the "Meta" out of the original Meta Quest
Privilege escalation attack grants "full control" and freedom from Meta's servers/apps.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/08/new-bootloader-lets-you-take-the-meta-out-of-the-original-meta-quest/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica @Viss Well this would have been handy four years ago when I was given one. I owned it for about an hour before I gifted it Away, far, far AWAY from me.
Well, I have never been unfortunate enough to benefit from government benefits—but I still learned that most governments' time tax is much more frustrating than any financial tax…
The Ezra Klein Show: This Is Why People Hate the Government
Episode webpage: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-annie-lowrey.html
@sebsauvage @lou_de_sel on peut mettre fdroid et jellyfin sur cette boîte ? La mini 4k commence à être légère niveau système.
@cbo_rcm_le17
FDroid je ne sais pas.
J'ai installé Jellyfin et ça tourne vraiment très bien.
Et surtout le boîtier fait du décodage matériel de H264/H265/Vp9/AV1 et même différents codecs audio et DTS.
@lou_de_sel
@otfrom fyi the firefox add-on livemarks can provide you with an RSS feed for any page. it adds an RSS feed icon in the address bar when a page has a feed, click it and it shows you the url.
@mousebot nice one
Nyooooom! 🐈⬛
@catsalad Applied physics ☝️
⁃ Deceleration
⁃ Rotation
⁃ Acceleration
⁃ Friction
also, the difference in attitudes between Dutch general practitioner doctors who have to deal with a million random frontline problems a day, and dedicated chronic pain doctors, is incredible
General practioner: oh you've been in pain constantly all over your body for months? Take ibuprofen. From the grocery store. Why did you even need me to tell you that, honestly
Somatic pain specialist: with how serious your symptoms are, I'm impressed you even make it to our office 🥺 I'm prescribing you "how about you just skip work for the rest of the day, sweetie"
... the trick, of course, is ever successfully escalating to a specialist in the first place
Connaissez-vous une application Android qui permet de jouer au Scrabble et qui soit 100% accessible et jouable par une personne aveugle ?
N'hésitez pas à repouéter 
RE: https://mastodon.social/@refactoredd/117157266100987313
I may someday return to it, but I have shelved it for now.
I just don't use an iPad enough. The worst part of developing the app was having to carry an iPad with me. 😬
Every time I try to work an iPad into my computing life, it doesn't stick for very long. It feels like computing with mittens on. Nearly everything I frequently do with my computer or phone is less capable, more cumbersome, or outright impossible on an iPad.
And the iPad's strengths are generally things I rarely or never do.
Other World Computing Helps Mac Users Unlock the Full Potential of Newly Announced Apple Mac mini and Apple Mac Studio
Other World Computing today announced its unmatched roster of storage, connectivity, and expansion solutions for the newly announced ...
Upset at Canada, senile madman Trump wants to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
@lauren Honestly I am surprised he didn't want to name it after himself...
I think it's important to occasionally state this, but LLMs are purely static and immutable sets of numbers and do not "learn" or change with use.
@thomasfuchs yes, and a lot of what people see as them "learning" is just appending more crap to the input.
Waterloo, I am disappoint. Spent the morning with the 2026 MFC cohort watching all their proposals for closing the gender gap in urban cycling.
I had a few stops on my ride home on the Laurel, for train and street crossings.
Got home to find some jerk took the opportunity to toss their takeout trash into my rear bike basket where the trail user crowd bunched up at one of the stops. WTF. I don't avoid active transport *because* I'm a woman, I avoid it because dudes are complete assholes.
To be clear, that "Favourite" is not my favourite, merely an acknowledgement of the jerkery of people.
@neil
I like you. You very funny guy. That's why imma kill you last.
I will go and put some boots on, to enable me to quake in them.
Stupid'o'clock alarm clock was, indeed, worth it.
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