Opus 4.6 did a near perfect one-shot glyph grid color picker in Rust for Runebender Xilem.
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anyone familiar with the Juniper SRX1500? interested in how it would go on a 10GBps internet connection assuming i didn't want to do any fancy intrusion detection stuff - specs say "9gbps of firewall performance"
it can act as a switch too can't it?
@decryption Mostly yes to both, with an answer that takes too long for this textbox.
@julian@activitypub.space @tom I believe Mastodon is iterating on its onboarding experience more or less nonstop. I've been running this server from the start, so I don't actually know what account registration looks like normally, much less how it's been changing, but I assume there's a balancing act guiding people through necessary choices without overburdening the process. How do we ask people what they want without sounding overly complicated? /cc @scottjenson @imanijoy
@julian@fietkau.social @julian@activitypub.space @tom @imanijoy @apps @nicolaottomano
There is a lot here and I'm coming at the end:
1. Should this be something users are asked about when creating an account?
No, users are a bit overwhelmed getting their new account up and working, throwing this into the 'education funnel' is likely to overwhelm.
2. Should this be gated behind a hashtag in bio?
No, It's clearly the easiest solution but also useless. Very few are will do this initially, which of course, doesn't encourage anyone else to join in.
3. Should this be gated behind an existing preference?
Yes, if people have global search turned on. They've ALREADY said they want be be found globally. If anyone is upset, they can easily turn it off (by changing the setting) The set of people that want to be globally searched and NOT found by this seems microscopic.
But conversations about this are always difficult and people have strong opinions. This is my personal take to promote discussion. Nothing official here!
der.hans
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And they will not succeed.
der.hans
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How to Write Alt Text for News
If your image disappeared, how would you describe it?
https://the-word.news/2026/0205/alt-text-for-news/
How to Write Alt Text for News
If your image disappeared, how would you describe it?
https://the-word.news/2026/0205/alt-text-for-news/
@estherschindler I think the social media advice for Mastodon is reverse and maybe for other Fediverse services as well
Mastodon allows longer alt-text than it does for the original post, so you can get more detailed with the alt-text
Also, for Mastodon, the post can be the comment on the image or be supported by the image while the alt-text is the replacement for the image
Sami Määttä
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What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up.
UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.
Tip: No matter what AI is doing for you you would be wise to speak human to human with old friends about human things on occasion. It is good practice and they probably miss you.
@k9ox Always good to hear from you, my friend and mentor. Kinda makes my day, tbh.
1:30am. I awake from slumber with a start. All is stillness and silence. I reach into my thoughts for clues on what brought my consciousness up from the deep. My mind replies...... blueberry muffin.
@TheBreadmonkey I am awake because I decided I am going to bake today, but it would be too much for me alone, so I am going to share with the next door neighbours, but they will have to go to work, so I need to bake early. Not this early but now I am worrying I might oversleep. I wanted a fresh baguette and instead created myself a mission.
I think I'm going to have to migrate to iOS 26 now, as they've stopped releasing updates entirely for iOS 18 unless you're on a device that can't run iOS 26. Very cheeky from Apple.
@decryption hmm, you may want to wait a little longer to see if 26.4 address this very annoying issue https://www.macobserver.com/news/ios-26-is-forcing-apps-to-reload-every-time-and-users-are-not-happy. I have turned off background processing on just about all of my apps on my iPad but still have it happening. I have not noticed as much on my iPhone, however I do not tend to app switch as much.
Clare
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President Zelensky met skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, who was disqualified from the 2026 Olympics over a helmet honoring Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia. Zelensky presented him with the Order of Freedom and thanked him for his stance and courage. #Ukraine
The Fulcrum
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After shutting down #HolosDiscover, we're rethinking the approach with #HolosIndex: users explicitly opt in by adding #HolosIndex to their bio with interest tags, then submit their profile. No assumptions, no default settings.
This will power interest-based discovery across the #Fediverse, helping people find each other through shared interests. Still all through #ActivityPub of course, with real-time deletions and updates.
GeePawHill
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DHS is actively pursuing more and more denaturalizations.
Just waiting for Trump to replace the Statue of Liberty plaque:
"Give me your white, your rich,
Your billionaires yearning to invest,
The yachted oligarchs of your teeming shore.
Send these, the privileged, crypto-bros to me,
I lift my award beside the gold-painted door!"
@topofmyvoice No. Don't. @ai6yr
Ah, so you're looking for Japanese Pizza options, then...
Rory Mir
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Border Patrol hides license plate readers in barrels on roadways in San Diego and the Imperial Valley. California lets them. We should stop doing this. #ALPR #BorderPatrol https://www.eff.org/press/releases/coalition-urges-california-revoke-permits-federal-license-plate-reader-surveillance
Alex Akselrod
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Okay. Let’s assume that everyone in the Trump administration is a child rapist and murderer.
If you’re NOT IN THEM, then consider the Epstein files exculpatory and RELEASE THE FUCKING FILES!!!
#TrumpEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles #ChildRapistTrump #JeffreyEpstein #MAGA #DonaldTrump #PamBondi #USPol
@mttaggart you probably already know but Movim is a front end that talks to an xmpp server, which itself has tools for management. Prosody, Snikkert, Ejabberd are the main servers.
@jeffmcneill I do know, but thank you!
The Fulcrum
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For people wondering, yes we are actively working on the Holos F-Droid build. But things are not so simple, the whole server libraries have to be built which takes hours. Every simple build mistake is hidden in a log that overflows. That's the first time we've had to deal with that.
But once it's done we will go for the iOS version.
Border Patrol hides license plate readers in barrels on roadways in San Diego and the Imperial Valley. California lets them. We should stop doing this. #ALPR #BorderPatrol https://www.eff.org/press/releases/coalition-urges-california-revoke-permits-federal-license-plate-reader-surveillance
@kirschner Yay, finally I got clue. Thanks for explanation
@jimedrand You're welcome!