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Forget rewriting the kernel in Rust, let's go backwards and rewrite it in assembly
in reply to Brodie Robertson

This goes straight to my collection of retarded takes. Thanks❤️


Linux Drops Support For Imaginary CPU Platform #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/ht2S-WXDSeE
in reply to Brodie Robertson

This is going to be really disruptive for a lot of those imaginary users.


Hey, @Cass M 👋🏽🍁! Look what came in the mail today!
The envelope had the word SCAN handwritten on it. So, our customs officials had set it aside for a look. Maybe they were worried that you were smuggling a Kinder Egg to me. Those used to be illegal to bring into this country, because they were considered a choking hazard!
in reply to Muse

Well, you can make me a hat any time. I love the one on the gnome!


this table of C escape characters is making the same noises as I do when I have to wake up early


The Best Movie Posters of 2023, including those for Barbenheimer, John Wick 4, Poor Things, Asteroid City, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. I so love movie posters. kottke.org/23/12/the-best-movi…


Stowers is starting up a paid training program for bioinformatics, please share with anyone who might be interested in something like that! (in Kansas City)

stowers.org/gradschool/computa…

#bioinformatics





Guess what? ​:neocat_santa:Neocat v1.1 now available
➡️volpeon.ink/emojis/neocat/
This release introduces the same variants as Neofox v1.3.

There are 3 downloads: The regular one, an archive for use with the Mastodon Admin CLI, and a high-res one for printing or inclusion in other graphics.

:neocat_hug:​​:neocat_hug_fox:​​:neocat_hug_blob:​​:neocat_hug_bun:​​:neocat_hug_haj:​​:neocat_hug_dragn:​​:neocat_hug_duck:




you can use computers every day for thirty years and still be utterly blown away by new error messages you cannot even begin to comprehend


We’re hurtling towards 2024 🚀

Have you thought about privacy and security of your data in the new year?

There is little reason to assume data leaks and privacy abuses will get any less… Time for a solution?

nextcloud.com/yourdata



Substack Turns On Its ‘Nazis Welcome!’ Sign. “The key point: your reputation as a private site is what you allow. If you allow garbage, you’re a garbage site. If you allow Nazis, you’re a Nazi site.” techdirt.com/2023/12/26/substa…
in reply to kottke.org

I’ve cancelled any subscriptions (free or paid) I had with the non-Nazi authors there to “vote with my engagement”


4S scholars: @cyberlyra and I are organizing an open panel for 4S/EASST on "The Implications of Institutional Breakdown for Science and Technology" if that's your jam: easst4s2024.net/open-panels/#1… (Also, there are soooo many related awesome panels!!)


Check out these Festive Co-Op Games gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/fest…



French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur was born #OTD in 1822

He is renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the last of which was named after him. His research in chemistry led to remarkable breakthroughs in the understanding of the causes & preventions of diseases, which laid down the foundations of hygiene, public health & much of modern medicine.

Louis Pasteur at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q…

#books #microbiology

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Kit de Primeros Auxilios Digitales 🧰Un recurso gratuito para ayudar a activistas y comunidades a las que apoyan a protegerse de las emergencias digitales:
✔ pérdida de dispositivos o datos,
✔ cuentas sospechosas y más!

Puedes leer y compartir aquí⤵️
digitalfirstaid.org/es




To those of us who were forced to read Beowulf in the original language, because you were working on a university degree in English, this should help make it a little more worthwhile! BWAHAHAHAHA!
in reply to Muse

@Muse The 'Survey of British Literature' textbook was specifically for a class on British Literature.
@Muse
in reply to Muse

Ah, we had no such textbook. The teacher seems to have been the one who selected the titles. Other classes had other titles.



Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Australia – worth not(ify)ing

Once upon a time, we grew viruses from sick patients' samples. This took an age, failed often, had low throughput and was not a good diagnostic tool. Then we developed PCR and could find RSV cases more quickly, among more people, more sensitively and very accurately. We've been doing that in Australia since the 1990s. Reporting of these detections only became…

virologydownunder.com/respirat…



Well, this is oddly cute!

youtu.be/D-idKpzD9Hs?si=Wqu8Rb…




So Nate Silver is now amplifying Paul Thacker.

Let me tell you who Thacker is.

He purports to be a journalist, but he’s a contributor to the Brownstone Institute, a far-right COVID conspiracy dark money group based in Austin, Texas. Brownstone was founded by Jeffrey Tucker, a longtime right-wing operative and advocate for child labor and youth tobacco use.

Thacker is also the Twitter Files “reporter” who uncritically amplified a BS claim that @taylorlorenz’s uncle owns the Internet Archive.



Tiling Window Managers Are Simply Better #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/wZpCrCcIsC4
in reply to Brodie Robertson

It is (or at least was) a requirement for all PlayStation games to display a legend of all buttons and their mapped actions in all menus.

I wish there was a tiling window manager like that. I can't remember hotkeys.



On my "bucket list" was to one day go to South Africa and maybe hear Desmond Tutu speak. Not long after he died I brought home a little Siamese cat and named him "Desmond" in honor of this man of peace. My Desmond is now two years old.
in reply to Muse

Are you mixing up Desmond Tutu with Nelson Mandela?


The word "scientist" was coined for a woman – the Scottish polymath Mary Somerville, born on this day in 1780 t.co/FcqpEWoPZR


Threads Is Going To Destroy The Fediverse #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/UANbWY2W__g
in reply to Brodie Robertson

100% agree! I'd be very much eager to delete my fb/insta accounts and follow/interact with all my friends there from the mastodon one. Even if all mastodon instances block Meta, I'll set up my own! 🤓 The ones who fear the integration can block it individually instead of being party poopers ffs 😑
in reply to Brodie Robertson

Not an instance admin but moved to an instance that blocks threads.net. You don't mention my personal reason. I am not willing to contribute with my content to metas commercial app.
Funny that threads makes federation opt-in but mastodon doesn't. At least pixelfeed offers opt-in now.


A new @DestinationLinux has hit the road! (352) 😎🐧▶️ tuxdigital.com/dl352

Check out #DestinationLinux 352: Interview with Randy Packer of DreamWorks, Open Sourcing MoonRay

#linux #podcasts #opensource #tech



Myxomycetes in the wild! Gelukkig waren de medewandelaars snel overtuigd van hoe cool Le Blob wel is en konden we gewoon 10 minuten blijven bewonderen. De stam zat helemaal vol: 'n gelukkige slijmzwam :blobheart: #microbiology #myxomycetes #Physarum #leBlob


20 Things That Happened for the First Time in 2023, including “scientists successfully extract rocks from Earth’s mantle”, “a man with paralysis walks again using his thoughts”, and “microplastics are found in the clouds”. nytimes.com/2023/12/05/special…


:appicon_ivory: Ivory v1.8 is now available to download on the App Store! It features the brand new Explore Tab (which replaces the Search Tab) with much improved search and a new Popular & Trending section. There's also a few new app Icons and some bug fixes.

Download the update here:
apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-fo…




I made this a few months before I became more active on mastodon so I don't think I ever posted it here. free wallpaper celebrating the cause of our collective employment here on infosec dot exchange




It really looks like I know what I'm doing giving this speech. #suit #wedding

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