I just gave Codex an explicit instruction to perform a web search, without actually enabling the web search feature itself (I have it configured with full network access enabled).
It just started hitting random search engine APIs via Curl (it gave up with DuckDuckGo, but tried Jina.ai and that worked).
The times we live in.
Apple is significantly increasing its reliance on Samsung for iPhone memory as component prices surge, according to The Korea Economic Daily. ...Hartley Charlton (MacRumors.com)
Pirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files (Mitchell Peters/Billboard)
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A pirate activist group has reportedly scraped and released metadata from Spotify, and intends to release 86 million audio files.Mitchell Peters (Billboard)
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Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has recently begun to inform existing customers on their Pay As You Go (PAYG) mobile plans that both they andMark Jackson (ISPreview.co.uk)
серверный полюс
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Threads is Meta's Google+
Я знаю что я дурачок наверное, но чета мне так хочется сделать многопользовательскую онлайн игру с квестами, гриндом, всякими штуками и механиками, с лутом, и конечно с циферками (в которых я правда ничего не смыслю).
Пока-что в планах сделать что-то вроде #webfishing но с фермерством, но у меня этот проект в голове как то не укладывается и не представляется особо.
Info de l'ASTUS :
La carte Fluo jeune (moins de 26 ans) passera de 1€ à 10€ (« 1000% de hausse »).
La carte Fluo adulte passera de 20€ à 30€ (50% de hausse) dès le 1er janvier prochain.
Si votre carte Fluo Adulte échoit d'ici au 31 mars 2026, et que vous envisagez de la renouveler, nous vous engageons à la renouveler d'ici la fin décembre 2025 pour profiter de l'ancien tarif. Vous gagnerez 10€.
11/12/2025-17/12/2025 [1] Interactive Map Dashboard to monitor current disaster mitigation efforts for the recent Sumatra floods and landslides.| © Tilikan Indonesia | map data © by OpenStre…weekly - semanario - hebdo - 週刊 - týdeník - Wochennotiz - 주간 - tygodnik
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.Lauren Leek (Lauren’s data Substack)
I went on a blocking spree today. I was scrolling through the Silent Sunday posts and blocked folks who routinely post images with no alt text. It's so frustrating to see a great image and no alt text, and I just don't need that annoyance.
But I was pleased to note that such folks were a distinct minority. Yay for everyone using alt text!
For those looking for a covid/flu vaccine around #39c3 bcrt at the globetrotter(.de) shop in hamburg north gives out shots, about 20-30 per shot. I paid 49 for covid+flu, also for non-germans.
(They do ask for your details, no idcard or details needed)
It’s been a looong while.
Since my last post I have:
🐶 Switched jobs to another doggy daycare.
🐶 Gone from five days a week to four. This is to make time to…
🐶 Study the dog trainer course I have started with PACT. It’s been a slow start, but I’m being consistent.
🐶 Gained a best friend in an anxious cockapoo called Glenn. This is him below, chilling after shouting at a child.
Life’s pretty busy, my head’s all over the place, but I’m moving forward.
Windows User: My computer froze again. I have to restart it for the third time today
Linux User: That’s rough. My system has been running for 3 years straight without a single crash
Windows User: Wow! What have you been doing with all that uptime?
Linux User: Trying to get my usb ink printer to work 😅
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My screen reader just spoke the following text:
Make 2026 the year you sound like a pro level slider.
yes, I'll definitely be doing that. Amateur level sliders are just terrible, and they suck.
of course, this was an email with the level slider emoji, 🎚️ right after the word pro.
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If I wanted to be on a "better" Twitter after the Musk takeover, I would open a BlueSky account. It delivers the same centralised, algorithm driven experience that divides in overhyped influencers and mere click fodder users, just the way all centralised "social" networks are designed to be.
And that's why I am NOT on BlueSky but here on the Fediverse. The Fediverse isn't a better X, Facebook, Instagram. It's the Fediverse. People to people. Embrace the principle and you will be happy here!
The @TetraLogical team has gathered (online) for a day of retrospectives, updates, and opportunities to continue innovating what we do and the services we offer, plus a Christmas quiz to wrap it all up.
There might also be a selection of Christmas hats on display, and there's a rumour going around that my hat might not be black! 😊
RE: mastodon.social/@dansup/115758…
The people who dislike The Algorithm™ are either consumers who basically just want an RSS feed reader (nothing wrong with that) or people who brought audiences over from other platforms.
If you’re trying to create something and find an audience for it on the #Fediverse, you need some sort of recommendation algorithm. Otherwise, you’re just posting into the void.
Friendly reminder, a reverse chronological feed like Mastodon and Pixelfed use are technically algorithms.Mastodon
@tennoseremel sure. And Mastodon works fine for people who don't want that. But what about the creators do want that?
Mastodon needs 'content' to attract new audiences. And content creators need ways for those audiences to discover them.
I pass through the Solstice gate
And I am changed.
I squeeze and slip
Through the narrow place,
The thin place,
Where all our years are seen,
And worlds stack like sheets of glass.
I pass through the Solstice gate
And I am changed.
I leave behind what cannot fit,
Shedding self like snakeskin,
Discarded as old, ill-fitting clothes.
In the no-time, no-place, nothing,
I lose myself, to find it all.
I pass through the Solstice gate,
The threshold, one of three,
And I am changed.
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TL:DR Mat is a corporate slave, is really tired, and is getting fucked over
Now I don't need to tell you all capitalism is shit but it's wearing me down right now. A whole year with no more than 6 days in a row off, I'm set for 2 full weeks holiday over Christmas, starting last Friday.
Yeah, so some fucker makes comments in a meeting with the fucking CEO of the company, trying to deflect from a shit job they did, risking tens of millions of dollars, and put it on me and my team because I wasn't there to defend us, despite us being the only group to actually do a good job and not fuck up.
So yeah, worked the first 3 days of my Christmas "holiday", including a conference call in the middle of a family celebration meal. Tomorrow I have to find a quiet place for a call with the CEO and all the global Executive leadership to defend my team, who have done an amazing job cleaning up other people's shit, during a day out with friends visiting an exhibition, having a meal and going to football match.
This was my reward for the year, some carefree time, and it's just been laced with anxiety and, frankly, unpaid labour.
Apologies, I'm ranting.
Please don't reply with "fuck them, don't do it" or, "get a different job man" or whatever. It's really not that simple. I've been in this game 25 years but the timing is particularly bad this time.
New Year, new digital life: it's time to #deGoogle! 🎉 ❤️
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Session has no forward secrecy and several other flaws like @soatok showed in his blog.
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Last year, I outlined the specific requirements that an app needs to have in order for me to consider it a Signal competitor. Afterwards, I had several people ask me what I think of a Signal fork c…Dhole Moments
In der Vorweihnachtszeit haben sie es besonders eilig: die Paketboten. Sie klingeln, rufen Namen, balancieren Kartons und verschwinden so schnell wieder, wie sie gekommen sind. Vor allem in Stadtteilen wie dem Wedding, wo Häuser selten nur ein Vorderhaus haben, sondern auch Seitenflügel, Quergebäude und Hinterhöfe, ist ihre Arbeit eine kleine logistische Meisterleistung.
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