Looking at the Feedback I sent, I sent it back on August 6, 2022. I even offered MY code for my take on Preferences for FaceTime I built. I offered my project to them. Shoulda been an easy "Copy-Pasta" situation... Here's what I offered them...

It follows standard macOS layouts – but back when they did proper HIGs.

There is no weird, hidden scrolling weirdness. Sigh

#macOS

Who would have thought that anyone would think it is a good idea to ban regulation of AI and algorithmic content? This is a seriously bad idea.

I continue to believe that we should ban user profiling and the use of user profiles for advertising and content algorithms. Given where we are, I think that is the right thing to do and I think more and more are seeing that as the only way to solve the issues we have today.

#Vivaldi#AI#Regulation#SurveillanceCapitalism#Windows#Macos#Linux #software#Computers#Politics

https://www.theverge.com/news/666288/republican-ai-state-regulation-ban-10-years

Catalin Cimpanu
Dane  🇮🇪 ☮️🕉️⚛️☸️
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#ESETResearch has discovered the first known AI-powered ransomware, which we named #PromptLock. The PromptLock malware uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to generate malicious Lua scripts on the fly, which it then executes.
PromptLock leverages Lua scripts generated from hard-coded prompts to enumerate the local filesystem, inspect target files, exfiltrate selected data, and perform encryption. These Lua scripts are cross-platform compatible, functioning on #Windows, #Linux, and #macOS.
Based on the detected user files, the malware may exfiltrate data, encrypt it, or potentially destroy it. Although the destruction functionality appears to be not yet implemented. #Bitcoin address used in the prompt appears to belong to Bitcoin creator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto
For its file encryption mechanism, the PromptLock ransomware utilizes the SPECK 128-bit encryption algorithm.
Although multiple indicators suggest the sample is a proof-of-concept (PoC) or work-in-progress rather than fully operational malware deployed in the wild, we believe it is our responsibility to inform the cybersecurity community about such developments.
The PromptLock ransomware is written in #Golang, and we have identified both Windows and Linux variants uploaded to VirusTotal. IoCs:
🚨 Filecoder.PromptLock.A
📄 24BF7B72F54AA5B93C6681B4F69E579A47D7C102
AD223FE2BB4563446AEE5227357BBFDC8ADA3797
BB8FB75285BCD151132A3287F2786D4D91DA58B8
F3F4C40C344695388E10CBF29DDB18EF3B61F7EF
639DBC9B365096D6347142FCAE64725BD9F73270
161CDCDB46FB8A348AEC609A86FF5823752065D2
#ESETResearch has discovered the first known AI-powered ransomware, which we named #PromptLock. The PromptLock malware uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to generate malicious Lua scripts on the fly, which it then executes.
PromptLock leverages Lua scripts generated from hard-coded prompts to enumerate the local filesystem, inspect target files, exfiltrate selected data, and perform encryption. These Lua scripts are cross-platform compatible, functioning on #Windows, #Linux, and #macOS.
Based on the detected user files, the malware may exfiltrate data, encrypt it, or potentially destroy it. Although the destruction functionality appears to be not yet implemented. #Bitcoin address used in the prompt appears to belong to Bitcoin creator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto
For its file encryption mechanism, the PromptLock ransomware utilizes the SPECK 128-bit encryption algorithm.
Although multiple indicators suggest the sample is a proof-of-concept (PoC) or work-in-progress rather than fully operational malware deployed in the wild, we believe it is our responsibility to inform the cybersecurity community about such developments.
The PromptLock ransomware is written in #Golang, and we have identified both Windows and Linux variants uploaded to VirusTotal. IoCs:
🚨 Filecoder.PromptLock.A
📄 24BF7B72F54AA5B93C6681B4F69E579A47D7C102
AD223FE2BB4563446AEE5227357BBFDC8ADA3797
BB8FB75285BCD151132A3287F2786D4D91DA58B8
F3F4C40C344695388E10CBF29DDB18EF3B61F7EF
639DBC9B365096D6347142FCAE64725BD9F73270
161CDCDB46FB8A348AEC609A86FF5823752065D2
@craiggrannell

Well, the reason for that is simple:

That design by #Apple is just shit. Garbage.

No sane user interface designer would dream of something as ugly and hard to use as this.

And the obscene giant rounded rects for the windows, removing so much screen estate. And for what? What wet dreams did Alan Dye have for this?

#macOS 26 is the first #Apple OS with a negative usability.

It is just utter bullshit. 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮

And what is more, Apple had already tried the idiotic "no background menu bar" a couple of years ago, and the users hated it, so they quickly got rid of it.

A company that is unable and willing to learn is doomed.
And arrogant.

I just don’t get this design. At all. The eye is distracted by the drop shadows, which lift the sidebar and buttons ‘above’ the content (ie the icons) and the title of the window. From a visual hierarchy standpoint, it makes no sense.

The menu bar also just feels weird without a background. I suppose we should count ourselves lucky Apple hasn’t forced the iPad version on us, because that’s even worse. (And, yes, I know you can – for now – bring the background back.)

@craiggrannell

Well, the reason for that is simple:

That design by #Apple is just shit. Garbage.

No sane user interface designer would dream of something as ugly and hard to use as this.

And the obscene giant rounded rects for the windows, removing so much screen estate. And for what? What wet dreams did Alan Dye have for this?

#macOS 26 is the first #Apple OS with a negative usability.

It is just utter bullshit. 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮

And what is more, Apple had already tried the idiotic "no background menu bar" a couple of years ago, and the users hated it, so they quickly got rid of it.

A company that is unable and willing to learn is doomed.
And arrogant.

Selhosted P2P E2EE File Transfer & Messaging PWA

https://positive-intentions.com

* #OpenSource
* #CrossPlatform
* #PWA
* #iOS, #Android, #Desktop (self compile)
* App store, Play store (coming soon)
* Desktop
* #Windows, #MacOS, #Linux (self compile)
* run index.html on any modern #browser
* #Decentralized
* #Secure
* #NoCookies
* #P2P #encrypted
* No registration
* No installing
* #Messaging
* Group Messaging (coming soon)
* Text Messaging
* #Multimedia Messaging
* #Screensharing (on desktop browsers)
* Offline Messaging (in #research phase)
* #FileTransfer
* #VideoCalls
* #DataOwnership
* #SelfHosted
* GitHub pages Hosting
* #LocalOnly storage

Check them out!

(Degoogled links to the apps)
- P2P Chat: https://chat.positive-intentions.com
- P2P File: https://file.positive-intentions.com
- Encrypted drive storage: https://dim.positive-intentions.com/?path=/story/usefs--encrypted-demo

- GitHub: https://github.com/positive-intentions

IMPORTANT NOTES (PLEASE READ!):
* These are NOT products. It's for #testing and #demonstration purposes only.
* They have NOT been reviewed or audited. Do NOT use for sensitive data.
* All functionality demonstrated is experimental.
* This is NOT meant to replace robust solutions like #VeraCrypt, #Simplexchat, #Signal, #Whatsapp, #wetransfer. It's just a #proofofconcept to show what's possible with #browser#APIs.

Selhosted P2P E2EE File Transfer & Messaging PWA

https://positive-intentions.com

* #OpenSource
* #CrossPlatform
* #PWA
* #iOS, #Android, #Desktop (self compile)
* App store, Play store (coming soon)
* Desktop
* #Windows, #MacOS, #Linux (self compile)
* run index.html on any modern #browser
* #Decentralized
* #Secure
* #NoCookies
* #P2P #encrypted
* No registration
* No installing
* #Messaging
* Group Messaging (coming soon)
* Text Messaging
* #Multimedia Messaging
* #Screensharing (on desktop browsers)
* Offline Messaging (in #research phase)
* #FileTransfer
* #VideoCalls
* #DataOwnership
* #SelfHosted
* GitHub pages Hosting
* #LocalOnly storage

Check them out!

(Degoogled links to the apps)
- P2P Chat: https://chat.positive-intentions.com
- P2P File: https://file.positive-intentions.com
- Encrypted drive storage: https://dim.positive-intentions.com/?path=/story/usefs--encrypted-demo

- GitHub: https://github.com/positive-intentions

IMPORTANT NOTES (PLEASE READ!):
* These are NOT products. It's for #testing and #demonstration purposes only.
* They have NOT been reviewed or audited. Do NOT use for sensitive data.
* All functionality demonstrated is experimental.
* This is NOT meant to replace robust solutions like #VeraCrypt, #Simplexchat, #Signal, #Whatsapp, #wetransfer. It's just a #proofofconcept to show what's possible with #browser#APIs.

#proxmox “Keep the host clean”

Also #proxmox “yeah btw q35 pci passthrough is broken atm. lol sorry”

v9 has really made me think about looking elsewhere for something like it. theres a lot it gets right but v9 is proving hard to love as the project (probably unsurprisingly given the vmware stuff) is lurching towards enterprises.

i have literally run proxmox almost non stop since 8 years everywhere. perhaps i should give it a break and chill and also not upgrade to .0 on “pseudo prod” homelab machines.

@ironicbadger My VM/System Container needs are simple so i've had no problems with #Incus on #NixOS.

One of my favourite features is that because it's a Go binary it can be run as a client on multiple OS'. So i can run it on my primary #MacOS system to admin my nodes running on #Linux.

I wrote a blog post at the beginning of the year about how I set it up on a cheap 1L mini PC (along with relevant configuration.nix file):

https://blog.hetherington.uk/2025/01/setting-up-incus-with-zfs-on-nixos/

En pleine phase de déconstruction numérique (comprenez mon changement de paradigme par rapport à l’ #hightech ), mes pratiques ont évolué :

1. Au revoir #AppleWatch
2. Pas de renouvellement de #smartphone (jusqu’à présent, je les conservais seulement deux ans…)
3. Fermeture des services #google et ouverture d’une boîte mail chez @posteo.de
4. Fermeture de mon compte #microsoft 365 et transition sur #LibreOffice
5. En cours : suppression des logiciels / applications disponibles uniquement pour #iOS / #macOS
6. En cours : acculturation au monde du #libre

Mais, il y a encore du taf… #workinprogress 😅