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Hey fediverse, I'd like to become more active in something that is more meaningful than building webshops. Since I'm quite good with #computers I'm looking for stuff that combines #computing with #sustainability or #ecology, #restoration etc.
But I don't know what's out there and am not sure what exactly to look for, so I'm hoping for some fediverse magic.
Anything you have, articles, projects, etc. Would be cool if you boosted for reach.
Interesting job, keeping old technology running.
IEEE Spectrum: What It Takes To Let People Play With the Past spectrum.ieee.org/vintage-tech #vintagecomputing #computers #technology
What It Takes To Let People Play With the Past
Libi Rose keeps obsolete technologies running at the Media Archaeology LabStephen Cass (IEEE Spectrum)
A Brief tour of the End, an accessible fiction podcast directory.
The End | Completed Audio Fiction
The End is a directory of complete audio fiction—either at the series or season level—ready for you to listen to and enjoy at your pace. If you love fiction podcasts, audiodramas, radio plays, or audiobooks, This is what you've been waiting for!The End | Completed Audio Fiction
Blind writer tries the Gandalf | Lakera prompt injection game for the first time.
Upon recommendations, I tried this AI prompt injection game for the first time. I made it to level 7 with no help from the internet!
If you want to donate to me, donate to me on this page.
My website is here where I usually blog. I'm not much of a video person, so I blog and write more than I do video!
Gandalf | Lakera – Test your prompting skills to make Gandalf reveal secret information.
Trick Gandalf into revealing information and experience the limitations of large language models firsthand.gandalf.lakera.ai
ICQ is closing down. It was really at its height in 2000 and that is when we integrated ICQ into Opera. We made a small (5k) client and it worked really well.
AOL had purchased ICQ and they were concerned about MSN taking users from them by connecting to their service, so they stopped supporting 3rd party clients. We contacted them, to see if they would make an exception for us, but they did not.
They said that if we removed our 5k client, we could maybe discuss bundling their client, but it was bigger than Opera, so that was not going to happen.
So apparently the term "patch" in software development comes from punched paper tape.
"Small corrections to the programmed sequence could be done by patching over portions of the paper tape and re-punching the holes in that section."
chsi.harvard.edu/harvard-ibm-m…
#til #computers #development #language #history
#Linux on the #desktop is becoming more #popular in my home town, but for the wrong reasons.
It's #poverty: many people have no money for a new #laptop or desktop. Their old #computers still work fine, but can't run the latest versions of #Windows.
We backup their data, install #LinuxMint, restore their data, install some extra programs, show them around and they're good to go.
Interestingly no one had problems making the switch so far. All quiet on the support front.
I can't sign this as I am not a constituent of the EU, but I hope this comes to pass and the EU forces some responsibility into the #tech corporations. Goodness knows the US isn't going to lead the way.
#OpenSource #ConsumerRights #Computers #PlannedObsolescence #FOSS #ElectronicWaste #environmentalism #RightToRepair