float13 @float13@hackers.town

Huh, StackOverflow is hard-down. No wonder the IT sector of the economy tanked today!

The tech biz has had many lows, but this one beats them all.

Folks who contact a suicide help line are desperate, emotionally overwhelmed, and not making good decisions. Using that data to help mental health? Sure. Using that data for improving customer service bots? No. No, no, no.

I am beyond horrified.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/28/suicide-hotline-silicon-valley-privacy-debates-00002617

also found this

Doing all sorts of improvements to Orca. I'll add the operators manual on launch like on the Electron version to the Uxn version soon.

I also rewrote parts of the guide

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/orca.html

The attitude that ad blocking is equivalent to piracy is ridiculously entitled. Ads take up bandwidth, they use electricity, they make your equipment outdated quicker by increasing bloat, they reduce the lifespan of your devices, they threaten your privacy, they manipulate you, and malicious ads try to entice you into compromising security.

The greatest cost is to you, the end user, it also costs the environment too, of course. The company makes a small fraction of that cost in revenue, and passes an even tinier fraction on to creators and so on. If you defend this model, you are morally bankrupt.

Spotify's cancellation system broke down—because there's so many cancellation. They also lost 4 BILLION DOLLARS of stock market cap.

Keep the cancellations going. If canceling outright doesn't work, remove your credit card from the billing page.

Checkout my new NFTs that are about to drop. Each one is unique, and each will get a chance to be featured on a flashing red LED sign

sequel never as good

Have a home battery system? We'd love to hear from you! We're keen to know if hobbyists have tried to use their software freedom and right to repair to modify and improve home battery system controllers or gateways. Reply here or email us: compliance@sfconservancy.org

New DazzleSpy malware targets macOS users in watering hole attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-dazzlespy-malware-targets-macos-users-in-watering-hole-attack/

so apparently this is a real McDonald's advertisement in the US and I'm just ... I can't process this

how hard would it have been to show a photo of an actual egg? somehow they decided the best way to brag about how real their eggs are is to show an image of a false egg. having a real Simulacra Capitalism moment here.

Scientists amazed by blinking star's 'totally unexpected' behavior http://reut.rs/3o4YUoz

[ https://tweets.newsbots.eu/ReutersWorld/status/1486816337922080772 — #bot]

https://t.co/5a43vxF8d7

The whole world: 10mm in a cm
American kindergarten: We want to measure the class rabbit, but all the rulers are missing. Out of the following items, what would make the most sense to use as a unit of measurement?
Shoe | Pencil | Pen | Paperclip

If you know any #library #metadata nerds who might like a new job based in Melbourne, let them know we're hiring:

https://careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/job/562901/coordinator-library-discovery-platforms

Boosts welcome

Here's some animated fire shader I made with Material Maker, because I needed it for a video and didn't want to simulate and render it in Blender.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i9ggRMFq3sk

I think it came out pretty LIT ;)
Not sure if I'd use the shader as is in a game - it could be a bit taxing to render.

I have some ideas on how to improve this even further, but it could also become less viable for realtime usage then...

#MaterialMaker #Shader #Godot #GameDev #GameArt #Fire

something something planned obsolescence