Mike Stone

Husband, father, nerd.

🌐 Blog: https://mikestone.me
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2026-07-23 20:46:40 CEST

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Heh, I've seriously considered updating my site so it has a landing page with general "About" page stuff on it, and a link to my RSS and not even bother putting posts on the page, just in the RSS feed. Of course, for me to do this I'd need to actually spend some time on my page and then I'd need to actually write something for it to matter, but I've thought about it! Really! Lots and lots of thinking about it.

2026-07-13 03:20:41 CEST

My security cameras pick up a surprisingly large number of Waymos driving past my house when you consider I don't live in an area Waymo covers. I have confirmed they are driverless and don't seem to be carrying any passengers. It's like they're going for a drive.

2026-07-09 18:20:36 CEST

#Vivaldi just released version 8.1 today! This update isn't as flashy as the last one. The last one had some of the biggest UI updates in years and years, but this one is all about nailing things down and tightening up the code. No major visual or feature changes, just stability and bug swatting.
https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-8-1/

2026-07-08 22:58:10 CEST

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I'm taking from this particular instance that it was filler words. It was a list of 3 things we need to be doing, and one of the words was "deliberate" and another was "intentional". I think the 3rd was "motivated", but I honestly can't promise that. Still, 2 of those 3 words mean basically the same thing. I don't know if he needs a thesaurus, or he thinks we do.

2026-07-08 21:49:34 CEST

I hate it when C suite executives use the word "intentional" like, "We need to be more intentional with our work."
Trust me dude, if I'm at work, it's intentional.

2026-07-08 05:18:44 CEST

I think this points to the importance of a marketing team. Now, this is StatCounter, so grain of salt in the actual figures, but it's got Linux sitting at 4.39% worldwide desktop market share. That's pretty solid. ChromeOS is way back with 1.21%. Here's the question though. When was the last time you went into any store that sells computers and saw a Linux computer, but NOT a ChromeOS system. I see ChromeOS all the time. No Linux. Marketing is important.
https://linuxiac.com/windows-drops-under-60-in-global-desktop-os-share-for-the-first-time-in-years/

2026-07-01 04:22:09 CEST

The song Paint It Black is better performed by a band called Gob than it is when the Stones do it.

2026-06-23 23:00:32 CEST

The new solar panels on my roof went live today, just in time for 110F (43C).

2026-06-22 20:45:31 CEST

I was reading this article about instances and ATProto.
https://overreacted.io/there-are-no-instances-in-atproto/
I was hoping to get some good information about how Bluesky and other services using ATProto worked. Instead, it lead with "I know RSS is still being used somewhere (podcasts?!) but its heyday is arguably behind." This kinda lost me. I use RSS all the damn time. Arguably more than the actual web. I've legitimately considered removing the front end of my site and just doing RSS. Am I the only one? Is RSS over?

2026-06-17 19:52:28 CEST

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I'd suggest following some hashtags you're interested in and not just individual accounts. By following the hashtag, you're any new posts using it will show up in your home feed, whether you follow those people or not. People sometimes leave and sometimes they just have other stuff to do, so your Home feed can vary greatly in its activity. Following subjects instead of people makes things a little bit more dynamic.

2026-06-16 18:45:27 CEST

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So, Eurosky would be entirely isolated from Bluesky unless some 3rd party middleware were to step in, so they'd get no advantage from the existing user base. It's also concerning in that not all components of Bluesky are open source, like their DM manager and their video processing. Eurosky is inherently disadvantaged compared to Bluesky. Honestly, I'd much rather see them throw some resources at Mastodon. If there are features they're missing, they can fork.
@npub1z3w…c039

2026-06-16 00:30:49 CEST

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Yea, I'm not sure what I was going for there. What was going through my mind was the way Bluesky is setup is anybody can run a data server, but everybody has to go through their relay if they want to connect to Bluesky. I didn't know if Eurosky was actually just going to be a data server or have their own complete relay stuff setup. If they're just a data server, they're still reliant on Bluesky. If they're hosting their own relay, they're not attached to Bluesky.
@npub1z3w…c039

2026-06-15 17:42:56 CEST

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I had to lookup to see what that was. Honestly, I tried Bluesky and it just bored me. I probably still have an account, but I haven't checked it since probably a week after I created it. I see the motivation to do it, but if it interfaces with Bluesky the data won't be protected. If it doesn't you're not going to have a userbase to work from. Neither option sounds particularly attractive to me. YMMV.

2026-06-14 00:35:51 CEST

I'm not sure who turned me on to @npub1wkr…yvj6's blog. I think it was @npub1080…cr2f, but I could be wrong on that. Regardless, I really liked this post of hers, especially with the world today as context. I highly suggest giving it a read. I'd like to think she writes the way I would. You know, if I was smarter and actually a good writer.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/be-thou-not-pilled/

2026-06-11 21:02:46 CEST

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It is, but it's based in the UK I believe, which is still more faithful to the point of EU Digital Sovereignty than still using Microsoft technology just a little less and with a different logo. I guess since they went Qwant instead of Mojeek people in the EU disagree with me.

2026-06-11 19:20:12 CEST

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Well, it says they went live last year based on technologies that have been redesigned since 2023. I'm not really sure what that means. If I was looking for independence from the United States I'd probably have gone with Mojeek. As I said before, I'm far from an expert on these matters. It just seems weird for a Digital Sovereignty movement trying to escape USian tech to migrate to a service that's still 50% Microsoft with a European veneer. I don't know if there's a better choice.

2026-06-11 18:49:18 CEST

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Yea, but they started that in 2023 didn't they? According to Wikipedia their results are still 50% Microsoft if we're being generous, and their ad revenue is almost entirely dependent on Microsoft. Is Wikipedia out of date or are they still that reliant on American tech?

2026-06-11 18:26:14 CEST

I've been spending some time researching the EU's Digital Sovereignty movement lately because it seems like a real opportunity for Open Source software to get a foothold in some markets where it's traditionally faced challenges. I'm not from the EU, and I'm far from an expert on these matters. One of the recent decisions that's confused the holy hell out of me is the choice of Qwant for search. Nothing against #Qwant, but they're HEAVILY dependent on Microsoft last I checked. Not true anymore?

2026-06-08 21:17:12 CEST

I usually make an effort to watch #WWDC, but this year I didn't. Google's barrage of AI exceeded my bullshit quota for the year. Anything from Apple I should care about in the slightest? Did they finally do the thing with Siri?

2026-06-07 02:10:05 CEST

I've been using alternatives to Office for years. I started with Star Office in the late 90s or early 2000s. I stuck with it when it became OpenOffice, but moved to LibreOffice when Oracle got their claws into it. I've pretty much stayed with LibreOffice. The recent push for digital sovereignty from the EU has done a lot to move technology in a direction I like. I'm interested in Office EU. I was surprised it was built on Open, not Libre though. It does look nice. Anyone have experience with it?

2026-06-01 17:56:37 CEST

Damn it, it's morning again.
☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕

2026-05-26 20:20:07 CEST

Sad day at the Stone house. My Gen 1 Lenovo X1 Carbon gave up the ghost. The motherboard has clicked its last click. It was a 14 year old computer that I bought refurbed for a couple hundred, so it was worth every penny. Still, sad to see it go.

2026-05-24 07:27:44 CEST

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There's times you want to use light mode? Weird. 😉

2026-05-21 23:44:02 CEST

Side note, who do I have to bribe to get Tiledwords.com to add a PWA? My birthday is coming up. Pretty please with a cherry on top??

2026-05-21 23:28:01 CEST

Just wanted to share a quick screen grab of my current #Vivaldi configuration. I like to keep things visually simple and @npub19rt…adh9 has all the features needed for whatever that means to any individual. Simple, beautiful, and no AI to speak of. Just the way I like it.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/614/656/505/740/578/original/a8ffb0f7a56370eb.png

2026-05-21 19:46:23 CEST

Ads are pretty much everywhere these days, but some of the worst ads have to be on phones. Maybe it's something advertising people have figured out about me specifically, but why is every ad for a game where a person playing the game is SO BAD at the game they can't possibly exist in the real world? If you can't line up three blocks of the same color in less than a minute, surely you'd have been eaten by wolves by now, right?

2026-05-20 19:33:16 CEST

I've been on-again off-again learning Python for a while now. Just some really basic process automation stuff. I think anybody who looked at my code would come to the conclusion that I'm still pretty garbage at it. I admit all this.
Still, the number one syntax error I make almost every frackin time is forgetting the stupid : after an if statement. Every stinkin time. I know, old dog new tricks. I get it. Just didn't think I was THAT old.

2026-05-19 22:06:59 CEST

Oooof, I watched #GoogleIO today. Wall to wall AI. Other than announcing their fugly spectacles, which powered by AI so still really just AI. I'm not sure what I was expecting. I think even the crowd was bored with it all. I lost track of the built in "pause for applause" moments in their presentation that awkwardly didn't get any applause.

2026-05-19 17:54:47 CEST

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I just think it's cool and validating that Microsoft SPECIFICALLY is making a Linux distro. I wouldn't use it, but how has this market shifted that the company that used to call Linux a cancer now has their own version?

2026-05-19 10:26:11 CEST

Ummm, what?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-4-0/
#AzureLinux #Microsoft

2026-05-17 00:28:13 CEST

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Ah, that's too bad. It seems like that would be a nice solution for @npub1z3w…c039.

2026-05-17 00:05:32 CEST

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Do they do the full time from home? Both my wife and I have jobs like that. Neither of us has been into an office for quite some time. Going on two years for me, and that was a trip that I had to travel across the country for because the city I live in doesn't have an office. We live where we live because of the kids' schools for the most part. My wife also is from this part of the world, so she's comfortable here. Technically we could work from Denmark and no one would care.
@npub1z3w…c039

2026-05-16 22:16:56 CEST

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Don't they do full time remote work in the EU?

2026-05-15 20:09:27 CEST

Oooo, @npub19rt…adh9 has released a #Vivaldi 8 release candidate. It's getting exciting now! Not too much longer before the 8.0 release!

2026-05-14 01:01:08 CEST

My kids are going to be finishing school for the summer here in the next few weeks. Today I talked to each of them individually about their current grades heading into finals week. I played the Jaws shark theme in the background the whole time. I'm a bad person.

2026-05-13 20:24:17 CEST

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Ya, that would be nice, but right now we have government where the POTUS personally sued his own IRS for $10 billion, is instructing them to settle out of court with him, and the party currently in charge of all branches of government are giving that a collective shrug. From what I can tell, Musk's suit is baseless and he's just pissed he's not in charge of OpenAI and xAI is getting its digital ass handed to it in the market. I'm not a lawyer though, so grain of salt.

2026-05-13 17:54:48 CEST

I hate this. I don't want OpenAI to win, but I definitely want Musk to lose. It's like watching King Kong vs Godzilla. No matter who wins someone's going to go stomping around and destroying everything.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/openai-trial-updates-sam-altman-set-to-testify-in-musk-suit.html
#OpenAI #ElonMusk

2026-05-08 20:06:51 CEST

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Looks up to me? I'm just looking at the front page though.

2026-05-08 17:36:23 CEST

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Oh god yea. That was so annoying because the keyboard would still work in the mouse port but the mouse wouldn't work in the keyboard port (I think that was the order, might be the other way). I can't remember how many calls I got back then that one peripheral was working but not the other because they'd swapped ports.
@npub1z3k…3q7s

2026-05-08 00:40:17 CEST

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I used to have that on 5.25" disks!
@npub1rrx…x6s7 @npub1z3k…3q7s

2026-05-07 22:40:36 CEST

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Probably not? All reports go into a single queue where they're grouped by the individual being reported and the general time frame of the report. There's no technical difference between a report originating on instance or one from elsewhere. The moderators may prioritize local reports over remote, but that would be policy based, not functionally. I don't think the moderation team on Fosstodon does that, but I could be wrong. Just my impression.

2026-05-07 22:23:13 CEST

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Older. 👴

2026-05-07 20:48:37 CEST

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/116534344017679084
I'm not sure how anybody thinks this is going to work. It seems to imply a massive misunderstanding of what VPNs are and how they work. I mean, I can stand up a Pi at my brother's house in Nevada and there's no way any service is going to be able to detect that. Even if I'm using VPN service like Proton, the sites I'm going to can't tell for certain where I'm coming from. Honestly, this is just a beat my head against my desk level of stupid.
#note1xs6…gy53

2026-05-07 01:49:08 CEST

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Trust? I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say I trust them. I do use my phone for work stuff too, which requires I use a vanilla, Google provided version of Android. If I did something like Lineage, they'd issue me a second phone and then I'd have to carry around two Android phones. As far as running Betas are concerned, I have a Pixel phone, so you can be sure they've tested on this exact hardware. I expect these Betas are really for other hardware, so I just get new features early.

2026-05-07 01:35:22 CEST

Oh, interesting...
#Android
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/530/250/260/962/488/original/344cdbfb8877ddc4.jpg

2026-05-03 05:31:36 CEST

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Some back of the napkin says it's about $145 for 15 gallons, which is about $9.66 a gallon, which is massively expensive. Pretty much 2x more than it is where I live. My wife and I have been kicking around an EV, but if we were paying that much for gas we'd have one already. We're looking to put solar on our roof this summer, which is going to cost us a pretty penny. If we weren't doing that, we'd be buying an EV right now.

2026-04-26 09:51:41 CEST

I'm starting to hate April. I found out today one of my best friends from when I was a kid just lost his son. We've been friends for 40 years. There's nothing I can say or do to make anything he's going through better. This time last year my son lost one of his friends from school. I spent the majority of April dealing with a teen who was struggling with trauma no one his age should have to experience. I'll probably delete this post tomorrow after I've sobered up a little, but fuck this shit.

2026-04-21 20:14:17 CEST

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I started late on the presentation and I just got to the 13 Pro announcement when they cut things off! 😭
The battery life claims on that thing are crazy. Hopefully I can catch up with the rest of their announcements here soon.

2026-04-20 19:39:27 CEST

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Forgive my ignorance, but is ring based aging a uniform thing or is there a standardized sampling location? For example, are my arms younger than my legs or are the rings just smaller on smaller appendages? Would I have the same number of rings in my fingers as I do on my thighs? If the number of rings varies, is there a standardized sampling location for the sake of uniformity?

2026-04-19 07:21:27 CEST

"Premium" is quite the stretch. In all honesty, it's pretty bad. I really just bought it for the can anyway...
#QuittinTime
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/429/679/570/071/236/original/7eaebd7db1762efa.jpg

2026-04-17 18:53:41 CEST

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This reminds me of the computer labs when I was back in college. They had Windows 95, and all you had to do to "sign in" was hit the Cancel button on the login prompt.

2026-04-17 18:44:22 CEST

I don't understand how this is supposed to work, even in theory. In my house, everybody has their own computer so I guess age verification could sorta work (again, in theory), but I also don't think my home is typical when it comes to computer ownership. I haven't confirmed this, but I would imagine that most homes only have one or two computers in them. Soooo, if that's true, what would stop my kids from using my verification? Individual profiles? That won't happen.
https://www.osnews.com/story/144803/nationwide-bill-to-put-age-verification-in-operating-systems-introduced-in-the-us/

2026-04-14 22:39:41 CEST

Um, if there's a human alive that can be replaced by AI without anyone noticing, it's probably him.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/910990/meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-ai-clone
#Zuckerberg #Meta #MetaAI

2026-04-10 18:06:00 CEST

I know it's Friday and not Saturday, but can we all just get this weekend started please?? I'm ready for a Saturday.

2026-04-09 21:38:05 CEST

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer/116375404873416915
This sounds enticing...
#Framework
#note167t…ft6g

2026-04-09 21:19:54 CEST

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I use a unified search/address field, so I can type a URL or a search term and either works. The top is the tab bar, which looks a little weird to me with only one tab in it, but I didn't want to overload stuff for the screenshot. My workspaces and browser controls are in the same bar as my tabs, which cuts down on the number of bars I have running around.

2026-04-09 19:48:08 CEST

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It really is a power users browser. I enjoyed your feedback. One of if not the best thing about Vivaldi is almost every time you ask the question, "can I change that?", the answer is going to be "Yes." Vivaldi is customizable in the extreme. I'm attaching a screenshot of my current configuration, which I'm sure is different than pretty much everybody else's anywhere. It's a really good browser, and a little time spent configuring it to your preferences makes it great.
@npub19rt…adh9
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/375/991/048/520/345/original/dc1fdfa70516a377.png

2026-04-09 19:02:41 CEST

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I gave this a spin, and it does work. I have two profiles setup. I had to setup the second profile just like a new install, but after I logged in it brought my settings from my account no problem. I don't have any custom key bindings, so I can't confirm that stuff, but my settings seem to have come across. I can also access my workspaces and tabs in the other profile from both the tab drop down and the side panel. It treats that other profile just like a different computer.
@npub19rt…adh9

2026-04-09 18:49:44 CEST

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Maybe? I've never tried since I don't use profiles. Hopefully @npub19rt…adh9 will correct me if I'm wrong, but it might be possible to have the different profiles sync to the same Vivaldi account? I know you can sync settings that way as I do that between computers, but I've never tried it with profiles on the same computer. If you're syncing to the same account, that should (HYPOTHETICALLY) give you access to the tabs and workspaces on a read only basis, but dunno for sure. Grain of salt.

2026-04-09 18:04:47 CEST

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Yea, unfortunately that's something that Vivaldi has inherited from its Chromium base. They don't have a middle ground on the Profiles/containers. You're either in the same profile/container, or completely and entirely different. Personally, I don't use profiles. I do use the heck out of Workspaces though, and I've gotten better about it but I still have over 100 tabs open on multiple devices. Vivaldi is better at handling tabs than any browser I've ever used.
@npub19rt…adh9

2026-04-09 04:52:11 CEST

I've heard good things about Little Snitch, but never spent any effort to learn about it since it was Mac only. Now that they're breaking out of the RDF, I'll have to give it a shot.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/little-snitch-linux
#LittleSnitch #Linux

2026-04-09 00:03:57 CEST

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I took the picture on my phone, and I used the Android Photos app to "blur" it. It did some AI weirdness on it, but the photo is real, promise.

2026-04-08 23:59:51 CEST

Saw this on the road recently. This being Phoenix, Waymo isn't an unusual sight, but I've never seen this kind before.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/371/319/155/852/815/original/3b5cbc9dd02e7e9b.jpg

2026-04-07 19:18:13 CEST

Anybody who's seen more than one post by me probably knows I'm a #Vivaldi fanatic. Because of that, it was really refreshing to see this article by @npub1x2j…2qgx. It's pretty crazy to me just how many cool and interesting features @npub19rt…adh9 offers that even I don't use or even know about. Vivaldi can be used in so many unique ways. I won't lie, to get to some of the more useful stuff, there's a learning curve, but Vivaldi comes with sensible defaults to get you started too.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4148888/8-advanced-ways-vivaldi-boosts-your-productivity.html

2026-04-06 18:46:50 CEST

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Oh yea, they're super fast to demand their money, but not the speediest when it comes to actually paying it out. That's assuming they accept that they even need to, which is a pretty big assumption in today's day and age.
@npub1080…cr2f

2026-04-03 07:05:30 CEST

I've been on the phone for 12 hours, 25 minutes, and 33 seconds as of typing this. These kinds of days suck.

2026-03-26 00:21:42 CET

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Well, it's my go-to as far as mobile browsers are concerned, but it's more limited than it is on the desktop. I've been toying with the "Desktop" mode for Android (the OS), and Vivaldi works fantastically there. It's a great mobile browser, but still a mobile browser.
@npub19rt…adh9

2026-03-26 00:17:50 CET

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Since it was first released.

2026-03-25 21:54:56 CET

I love the latest version of @npub19rt…adh9. The Auto-hide UI is great to be able to move stuff out of my way. I love the Follower tab, especially for use with Mastodon where I can scroll down my timeline and click links without worrying about losing my place. The only aggravation I currently have is also with Mastodon ironically. I use the Advanced UI, and have 13 columns. Because of that, I have to horizontal scroll. If I hide my UI, the Status bar pops up and blocks that scroll bar.
#Vivaldi

2026-03-23 01:31:07 CET

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One of the Fosstodon admins hooked me up with some new stickers and a couple buttons. That was what was in the envelope.

2026-03-22 00:14:04 CET

There was a package waiting for me when I got home today!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/269/695/481/083/526/original/f3d393636bfb997c.jpg

2026-03-19 19:23:11 CET

This feels like it might be purely American..
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/257/224/947/505/876/original/c3a255c1540e7d19.jpg

2026-03-17 17:41:15 CET

I'm still in California, so I'm not getting the "joy" of this, but I did see our temperatures in Phoenix are supposed to be over 100F (38C) today. Already. That's way too soon. And it's supposed to stay that way at least for this week. It's supposed to drop back to the mid to high 90s next week, but that's still ridiculous for this early in the year.
🥵🔥🥵

2026-03-15 23:18:33 CET

Hanging in Garden Grove, CA for the next couple days. Hope to get some relax time. Fingers crossed.

2026-03-13 23:40:00 CET

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Let's not forget that he's also a lying liar. He's being a puerile creep while lying.

2026-03-13 21:16:49 CET

It's getting really hard to tell the difference between reality and parody.
https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-03-11/musk-unveils-joint-tesla-xai-project-macrohard-eyes-software-disruption

2026-03-10 21:20:53 CET

I had the opportunity to see a demonstration this morning of the next version of #Vivaldi. There's a couple new features in there that are really nice for my workflow. 7.9 is going to be an amazing release.

2026-03-10 00:42:47 CET

Ran across this article on Hacker News. It's got a few months under its belt, but it surprised me #Mastodon didn't warrant a mention. I'm a huge fan of #RSS, and get most of my news that way, but it's also a Mastodon feature. I don't always "follow" Mastodon accounts from Mastodon. Sometimes I follow them through RSS. Every Mastodon profile has at least 2 RSS feeds, and they can make following some profiles incredibly handy. Social media and RSS isn't mutually exclusive.
https://www.smartlab.at/rss-revival-life-after-social-media/

2026-03-10 00:23:52 CET

I expect we're about to really see things hit the fan over there after this.
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/blueskys-ceo-is-stepping-down-after-nearly-5-years-201900960.html?src=rss

2026-03-09 21:39:45 CET

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Apparently the controllers we bought for them at some point are "Unauthorized" by Microsoft. They work perfectly fine if they're not signed in to their Xbox account, but the stop when they sign in.
That's some next level bullshit right there.
2/2

2026-03-09 21:38:36 CET

My kids are home from school this week, and they're taking advantage of their copious leisure time. They thought they'd break out the Xbox they haven't touched in over a year.
When they first started playing the had been logged out of their account (my wife's account) because they were idle for so long. My wife was busy with work, so they played as "guests" for a while. When she had the time, she came down stairs and signed them in. Immediately the controllers stopped working. 1/?

2026-03-09 03:03:07 CET

If you're ever in the mood to be either depressed or really, REALLY angry about something...
https://bezoscalculator.com
USA-centric, but gets the point across.

2026-03-08 22:31:19 CET

And the final grade is in. Passed. Now I've got a couple weeks off before my next class. Maybe I'll break out my Steam Deck again.

2026-03-07 21:59:24 CET

Happy Saturday everybody. I've got a final exam to finish by midnight. Super nervous.

2026-03-05 21:56:40 CET

I ran across this yesterday, and reading this post I think the author and I browse the web in much the same way. I rarely go to actual websites these days. I just go to my FreshRSS reader and get information from literally hundreds of different sites all at once. I've got Hacker News, and Lobste.rs, and Ars Technica and OS News and the list goes on and on. If you're not taking advantage of RSS, you're missing out. If you are, what are some of your favorite feeds?
https://www.carolinecrampton.com/the-view-from-rss/

2026-02-28 05:08:32 CET

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Yea, it's pretty easy to sign up. Just go here:
https://www.google.com/android/beta
It's currently in its second beta version, so things are pretty solid.

2026-02-28 04:57:51 CET

I'm testing #Android17 in desktop mode. Here's my #Vivaldi browser with #Fosstodon open.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/146/242/295/716/994/original/72c64c5575a830bf.png

2026-02-27 16:40:04 CET

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Wait, what?? I'm looking at that UI, and do you seriously lose translations if you decide to turn off AI? Has the caffeine just not kicked in this morning??

2026-02-09 04:24:15 CET

Nice game Seahawks. That 4th quarter was worth the price of admission.

2026-02-09 02:10:25 CET

That's the half. Not much of an offensive game.

2026-02-08 05:33:19 CET

Oh, wonderful. Someone is spoofing my email address to file a ton of support tickets with various companies. I'm getting spammed by the automated "Thank you for your inquiry" messages.
:masto_rage:

2026-01-29 18:05:45 CET

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Another small but super useful feature is limiting pinned tabs to a domain. Where this will come in useful to me is literally here. I keep Fosstodon pinned, but sometimes I lose that pinned tab because I clicked on a link someone posted and I don't realize that took over my pinned tab until 30 minutes later when I go looking for Fosstodon again. I want to read the linked page, but I probably don't want that new page pinned. Limiting the pinned tab will save me much annoyance.
2/2

2026-01-29 18:01:51 CET

After a few minutes of toying with the new #Vivaldi, I have some quick thoughts.
I think a point that needs emphasis is this: "While other browsers add AI summarization and Edge pushes Copilot integration, Vivaldi 7.8 ships features users have actually requested."
There are a couple not huge, but super useful updates in this new version. Opening links in tiled tabs. Love that. I don't think they even mentioned opening links in different workspaces. Great feature.
https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-7-8-launches-with-message-to-big-tech-humans-dont-need-ai-babysitters/
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2026-01-22 17:28:35 CET

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It is unfortunately, but Vivaldi has its own integrated ad blocking, which allows for the import of external lists. The Ublock lists work there, but it just requires a little extra hands on. Personally, I have a sprinkling of different things going on. I use the integrated ad blocking on strict mode. I have DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials plugin turned on, and I'm almost always running through the #ProtonVPN, which has it's own integrated ad blocking. This is pretty good.
@npub1080…cr2f

2026-01-21 17:47:19 CET

Oh. Uh, goody? </sarcasm>
I can't think of a feature on YouTube I'd appreciate less than this. You know, short of just making the entire platform only ads.
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/youtube/youtube-ceo-promises-more-ai-features-in-2026-162409452.html?src=rss

2026-01-20 19:39:40 CET

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Dunno. I checked my list and I don't block anybody. The admins can block individuals and they can block instances, but if they block an individual at the instance level it doesn't show up in the personal block list for your specific account. Fosstodon also doesn't use any blocklists or anything like that, so as far as why you've got stuff in your block list, I got nothin.
@npub13kg…7nzh @npub1j7t…kn6q

2026-01-19 21:03:33 CET

I feel like I shouldn't have to say this, but Grok doesn't have morals. Or a constitution. It's not alive, and it's not conscious. The people who created Grok should have moral constitutions. Grok is a text extruder. That's it. We need to stop personifying it (and other LLMs). Of course, Musk should also know all of this, but it's in his best interest to treat Grok as a living thing to both enhance customer attachment and allow for shifting of blame.
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/elon-musk-grok-ai-photo-scandal-b2903395.html

2026-01-08 00:56:00 CET

Ooof. This sounds like the worst idea I've heard of for a while. I don't feel like this should need to be said, but don't trust an LLM for medical advice. Seriously.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/openai-chatgpt-health-mode/

2026-01-07 18:03:26 CET

So, I really like my go-to travel laptop. It's a Lenovo #ThinkPad X1 Carbon, but it's literally a first generation. Gen1 was first released in 2012, and while it runs pretty well considering its age, more modern software is starting to be pretty slow. I've got my eye on a Gen7 X1 Carbon, but I was hoping to hear about other people's experience with them. Of course I'd be running Linux, probably #ZorinOS 18. Does anybody have any experience with that generation that can give me their thoughts?

2025-12-29 17:08:08 CET

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Well, centralization is a problem, but Fosstodon didn't even block Threads. Historically at least, Fosstodon has left most of those kinds of decisions to the individuals. Since I can see @npub1dlz…uxsy's profile, I doubt it's something that Fosstodon has done.