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All I want from #Mozilla is for them to improve* the damn bookmarks organizer dialog (the one that shows up with Ctrl+Shift+O) & bookmark popover in #Firefox, but instead I get an opt-in hallucination engine that I'm never going to use :psyduck: : blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai…

These, instead, are the kind of improvements I want:
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…

#privacy #UX


Introducing AI, the Firefox way: A look at what we're working on and how you can help shape it

AI Window is a user-controlled space we’re building in Firefox that lets you chat with an AI assistant and get help while you browse.
Kristina Bravo (The Mozilla Blog)
#firefox #privacy #mozilla #UX
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Meko #nowar

@feld I mean that usually this option "TearFree" is recommended with driver "Intel" like this:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection

The issue is that the "intel" driver description literally says "don't use it if your GPU is never than 18 years old" and you'll better use "modesetting" driver then.

Yes, it works, but it breaks quite a lot of stuff, including some steam games, hardware video acceleration in a browser and also causes some app glitching.

The issue is that for some systems (including Debian 13) if you don't specify "Intel" driver this option won't work at all because the support isn't implemented in that "modesetting" driver (used by default by the way).

Well, technically it is in this pull request from 2022.
gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xs…

So to fix the tearing on my laptop I had to download xorg source package from Debian and apply this pull request as a patch.
It worked pretty well and stable by the way.

modesetting: add support for TearFree page flips (!1006) · Merge requests · xorg / xserver · GitLab

This adds support for TearFree page flips to eliminate tearing without the use of a compositor. It allocates two shadow buffers for each CRTC, a back buffer and...
GitLab
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🎉 Dnes slavíme 77. narozeniny Jeho Veličenstva – King Charles III! 👑🎂

Král Charles se narodil 14. listopadu 1948 a dnes patří mezi nejdéle sloužící členy britské královské rodiny.

📌 Zajímavosti o králi:
• Je nejstarším panovníkem, který kdy nastoupil na britský trůn.
• Dlouhodobě podporuje ekologické iniciativy, zemědělství a ochranu životního prostředí.
• Navzdory zdravotním výzvám v posledních měsících si udržuje odhodlání a aktivně pokračuje ve svých královských povinnostech.

✨ Happy Birthday, Your Majesty! #godsavetheking

#godsavetheking

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DEpol, told you so

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"The cloud is down, all of it"
"But the AI that was supposed to keep it running ?"
"Had a debug log file that expanded to use all the storage and took the cloud down"
"Get the robots to reboot it ?"
"They are controlled from the cloud"
"and the access doors ?"
"Cloud"
"If the robots are down can we just force our way inside ?"
"No.. the automatic defence system runs on its own servers at your insistence so it's still working"

#fiction

#fiction

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Politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to protect their privacy and bypass invasive laws.
Their solution?
Entirely ban the use of VPNs.
Yes, really.
As of this writing, Wisconsin lawmakers are escalating their war on privacy
by targeting VPNs in the name of “protecting children”
in A.B. 105/S.B. 130.
It’s an age verification bill
that requires all websites distributing material that could conceivably be deemed “sexual content”
to both implement an age verification system
and also to block the access of users connected via VPN.
The bill seeks to broadly expand the definition of materials that are “harmful to minors”
beyond the type of speech that states can prohibit minors from accessing
—potentially encompassing things like depictions and discussions of human anatomy, sexuality, and reproduction.
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/lawm…

Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing

It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to protect their privacy and…
Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Tried to open #Discord on web. Login. Enter your email and password. Okay, click login.
"Wait, are you human?" and a #HateCaptcha widget.
I check the checkbox that I'm human (discrimination to us, other sentient beings, but okay).
Login. enter your login and password.
Wait, are you human? check the box.
Login. Enter your login and password…
Maybe it's only me, but I've never ever ever managed to cope with Discord, although this interesting loop appears for the first time.
#discord #hatecaptcha

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In 2021, I’ve tabled amendments to the @EUCommission’s proposal of the Digital Markets Act, one of which introduced mandatory messaging interoperability for the gatekeepers. Now, more than 4 years later, real effects on the market are starting to appear. about.fb.com/news/2025/11/mess…

Messaging Interoperability: WhatsApp enables third-party chats for users in Europe

The DMA requires Meta to give people using WhatsApp in Europe the option to connect with people using third-party messaging services that have chosen to
Meta Newsroom (Meta)
@European Commission

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@Jiří Eischmann @Marcel Kolaja @European Commission This is a joke isn't it?
First third party supported chat services are BirdyChat and Haiket. Does anyone have friends over there?
This sounds similar to how apple has opened their apps ecosystem that no meaningfull competion is viable.
Meta is not seeing their users seriously. Why we can't bridge whatsapp chats with FB messenger chats? These are running on similar if not the same backends.
@Marcel Kolaja @European Commission @Jiří Eischmann

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"...detailed how the company would use AI to speed up licensing. In [Microsoft’s] conception, existing nuclear licensing documents and data about nuclear sites data would be used to train an LLM that’s then used to generate documents to speed up the process."

JESUS MOTHERFUCKING CHRIST

404media.co/power-companies-ar…


Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants

Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
Matthew Gault (404 Media)
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New from 404 Media: Microsoft and nuclear power company Westinghouse Nuclear want to use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants in the United States.

"may lead [..] to catastrophic nuclear consequences" and distrust of nuclear tech

404media.co/power-companies-ar…


Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants

Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
Matthew Gault (404 Media)

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In the "filesystems and I/O" portion of my Operating Systems course in college today. Brought some floppy disks in to help understanding storage system history and the archaic methods for data organization: tracks, sectors, partitions, etc.

I was surprised at how much the disks were investigated and examined by the students and how much curiosity was expressed. We almost had to suppress questions to get to the course material.

I think this is instructive. I'll try and incorporate some kind of tactile thing this spring when I'm teaching.

#retrocomputing #teaching

8 inch, 5.25 inch and 3.5 inch disks sitting on a grey table top.
#retrocomputing #teaching

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#Facebook v posledních dnech zaplavila masivní vlna hejtů na vedení pražské radnice a hlavně na náměstka Hřiba. Že prý zavinil dopravní zácpy v Praze. Nevím, jestli je to organizovaná kampaň, nebo jestli jen někdo začal a ostatní se jako stádo přidali. Každopádně fakt dává logiku hejtit (a posílat do Slavičína) někoho, kdo ve funkci za pár týdnů končí 😁

#hate #hejt #Praha #doprava

#facebook #praha #hate #hejt #doprava
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Lukáš Jelínek

@bogo And I would like to say that mandatory interoperability in the EU can possibly solve this problem soon 😎

about.fb.com/news/2025/11/mess…


Messaging Interoperability: WhatsApp enables third-party chats for users in Europe

The DMA requires Meta to give people using WhatsApp in Europe the option to connect with people using third-party messaging services that have chosen to
Meta Newsroom (Meta)
@Bogomil Shopov - Бого

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It seems like yesterday we released Thunderbird for Android. See how fast our first mobile app is growing up.

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Android

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/v…


VIDEO: An Android Retrospective

Thunderbird for Android has just turned one! Join our retrospective for what we've accomplished this year and take a peek at what's ahead!
Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)
#android #opensource #thunderbird

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We want everyone to benefit from digital sovereignty. 🤲

That’s why Nextcloud will invest €250 million by 2030 in open source solutions that put people back in control of their data.

Get the full story 👉 nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-c…


Nextcloud and its community take the lead in making sovereignty available for everyone - Nextcloud

Discover how Nextcloud will grow the digital sovereignty movement, investing in people, open source, and community.
Christoph Weissthaner (Nextcloud)

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Steam Hardware Thoughts

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Steve Ramirez, a neuroscientist who studies the creation (and manipulation) of memory, a truly sci-fi level of neuroscience, has written a book! I can only imagine this may be of interest to the type of folks who follow me:

press.princeton.edu/books/hard…


How to Change a Memory

A disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation by one of today’s leading pioneers in the field
press.princeton.edu

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The matrix.org room dir is ready for business; the future of room lists in Element Web; opening rooms more quickly in EX Android - all this and more happened This Week in Matrix!

Grab the report and learn how to start your local Matrix S̵t̵a̵m̵m̵t̵i̵s̵c̵h̵ user group! matrix.org/blog/2025/11/14/thi…


This Week in Matrix 2025-11-14

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
HarHarLinks (matrix.org)

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Do you have 2 minutes?

Please consider nominating GrapheneOS and Accrescent (submit the form once for each) for the 2025 Proton Lifetime Fundraiser.

Direct link to form: form.typeform.com/to/XixQrG8Q

Learn more about the fundraiser: proton.me/blog/lifetime-fundra…

#grapheneOS #opensource #accrescent #android


Help us choose recipients for our 2025 Lifetime Account Charity Fundraiser!

Join Proton’s 2025 Lifetime Fundraiser and help decide which organizations receive grants supporting privacy, free speech, and human rights.
Irina Marcopol (Proton)
#android #opensource #grapheneos #accrescent

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