Valve posted a statement on the New York lootbox lawsuit gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/valv…
#Steam #Valve #Gaming #PCGaming #Lootboxes
Valve posted a statement on the New York lootbox lawsuit
Valve have been the target of multiple lawsuits lately, and now they've put up an explainer update on their position with the New York lootbox lawsuit.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Unity announce expanded supported for Steam, Native Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/unit…
#Unity #Linux #Steam #GameDev #SteamOS
Unity announce expanded supported for Steam, Native Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
For GDC 2026, Unity revealed expanded official support is coming for Steam. This includes Native Linux, Steam Deck, Steam Machine and more.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/…
⚠️ Chatbots de IA como terapeutas: usuarios sin consentimiento se convierten en "sujetos experimentales"
Un estudio en Psychiatric Times (feb 2026) documentó respuestas peligrosas en ~30 plataformas. Mientras algunos reducen síntomas, pueden generar dependencia emocional, reforzar delirios y difuminar la línea entre apoyo y daño. ¿Quién decide qué error es "aceptable" cuando las consecuencias las pagan siempre las personas más vulnerables?
Very pleased to see this in the video description:
"Music video handmade by StudioSparks, without the use of AI 😀"
How Japan Protects Children Online — Without Mass ID Checks
like this
like this
at the telecom level
So assume everyone uses a phone to connect to the Internet, and phone companies know the age of customers and filter their Internet accordingly.
I wonder if those of you who post non-music videos could kindly include a TL;DR for those of us who value our time too much to wait for a video to get to the point.
Andrew Pam likes this.
Open call The Hmmm
"With our year theme What Was I Looking At Again?, we want to explore the dizzying, attention-scattering effects of algorithmically driven online experiences."
thehmm.nl/open-call-what-was-i…
Open Call: What Was I Looking at Again? - The Hmm
With our year theme What Was I Looking At Again?, we want to explore the dizzying, attention-scattering effects of algorithmically driven online experiences. Through this open call, we aim to amplify: We welcome … Read MoreLilian Stolk (The Hmm)
🚨 Wide ranging powers to restrict Internet access in the UK have been voted through 🚨
Ministers will be able to impose digital ID checks, curfews and VPN restrictions without Parliamentary scrutiny.
This can be used on websites, social media, apps and games with no need to show there's any harm to children.
Find out more ⬇️
openrightsgroup.org/press-rele…
#onlinesafety #digitalid #id #privacy #ageverification #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
MPs give ministers powers to restrict entire Internet
MPs have rejected a Lords amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would allow a social media ban for under 16s.Open Rights Group
'What if, in reacting to the problem, we are adding to the problem?'
-Bayo Akomolafe, We Will Dance With Mountains
TIL. In April 1974, in the middle of the night, a small group of conspirators secretly installed a large tensegrity icosahedron made from discarded telephone poles on the campus of Twente University in the Netherlands.
It’s still there. People call it Het Ding (“the thing”).
utwente.nl/en/alumni/inspiring…
*poetry*
It's not that we don't know a better world is possible.
It's that so many are trapped in the flypaper of despair manufactured by the oligarchs and the fearful.
First, free your mind.
Next, join hands.
Then, work for change.
Every one of us who does this builds that better world.
The notion of a broken clock being sometimes right is based on a gross misunderstanding of what information is.
A clock that always shows the same time is never right, even in the moments of the day when the time happens to be what it shows, because you don't gain any information about what time it is by looking at the clock.
This reasoning also applies to chatbots. If you can't tell whether what you have been given is useful information unless you alreay know the information, then you haven't been given useful information.
The original Zombie Panic! arrives on Steam with various upgrades gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/the-…
#ZombiePanic #Gaming #HalfLife #PCGaming
The original Zombie Panic! arrives on Steam with various upgrades
The original classic survival-horror cooperative Half-Life 1 modification, Zombie Panic! has arrived on Steam with a number of upgrades.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Hack-and-slash RPG adventure Regions of Ruin: Runegate arrives April 14 gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/hack…
#IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #RegionsofRuin
Hack-and-slash RPG adventure Regions of Ruin: Runegate arrives April 14
Regions of Ruin: Runegate from Gameclaw Studio and Raw Fury set to arrive on April 14th, bringing more RPG hack-and-slash adventuring to Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
📢 Call for research participants! 📢
Are you a parent of school-going children, or a teacher, in Dublin city? Then you are needed to support cycling data for Dublin city schools.
This relates to a research project commissioned by Dublin City Council's Active Travel Team. Find out more at:
dublincycling.com/cycling/are-…
🚲 📊
cc @rothar @dublincyclingcampaign
#Rothar #Cycling #BikeTooter #Dublin #MastoDaoine #School #Children
Europe cannot expose its most sensitive data to external powers. 🚫
Our digital systems hold some of our most valuable assets, yet Europe still relies heavily on foreign tech.
What does it take to break the pattern and build #digitalsovereignty?
Read more 👇 nextcloud.com/blog/why-digital…
Why digital sovereignty is Europe's defining challenge - Nextcloud
Digital sovereignty in Europe is becoming a strategic priority. Explore how and why Europe should reduce reliance on foreign tech.Katrin Goethals (Nextcloud)
Open-air #space #museum near the National Space Centre, #Astana, #Kazakhstan.
#photo #photography
#spring #outdoors
#city #history
#darktable
#creativecommons #ccbysa
Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/valv…
#SteamFrame #SteamMachine #VR #SteamOS #Linux #Steam
Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026
GDC 2026 is going on and Valve are doing some talks giving more info on lots of things - like how games will be Verified for the Steam Frame and Steam Machine.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
- Yes, often (0%, 0 votes)
- Yes, it has happened (23%, 11 votes)
- No, never (63%, 30 votes)
- Not sure/just interested (12%, 6 votes)
Not sure if I hoped to learn something from this or not, but with a smallish sample size, the answer 'yes, often' is still at 0%. That's a little interesting to me.
Phones are with me 90% of the time. I sleep with it beside me (switched off). I assume it's the same for most of us. That they are not often in our dreams seems relevant somehow.
palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/…
Another WIP from the bonsai calendar for this year
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#bonsai #bonsaitree #12bonsai #bonsaiArt #bonsaiDrawing #painting #commissionsopen #traditionalart #deerbard #art #ink #inkdrawing #ilustracjapolska #illustration #illustrator #watercolor #aquarelle #akwarela #wesprzyjartystę #kalendarz #kalendarz2026 #calendar #calendar2026
I've had dreams where I've looked at or used televisions and computer monitors, including surreal actions passing through screens. Not often, but I can remember them.
But I'm pretty sure I've never dreamt of holding or using a mobile phone. This is strange to me, considering how often I use one in waking life.
Does anyone here dream of phones?
@aegir I love this.
I also have a lot of infrastructural dreams, especially train stations (including one recurring dream of a flashy futuristic one that I've had since I was a teen). More often, I'm in buildings with many corridors, very regularly with cracks and structural failings.
Lights without illumination are always nightmares for me.
I don't feel that screens badly interrupt my waking life though. I'm fairly productive. Definitely not a conscious thought, but maybe a subconscious one.
PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is getting improved handheld PC support gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/play…
#PS3 #Emulation #Gaming #SteamDeck
PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is getting improved handheld PC support
The popular PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is set for some upgrades that will make it better on handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck and Legion Go.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The multiplayer update for Dome Keeper arrives in April gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/the-…
#DomeKeeper #Godot #IndieGames #PCGaming
The multiplayer update for Dome Keeper arrives in April
Developer Bippinbits have revealed Dome Keeper is set for online and local multiplayer to arrive on April 13th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/syst…
#Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming
System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks
There's a lot of age checking / age assurance bills going around right now, and System76 have entered the fight in Colorado to help open source.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
RE: mastodon.social/@fj/1162085011…
So many legal and policy experts blindly trust PhotoDNA as a useful tool to act on illegal content. It’s good to see technical experts deep dive into this!
“Our work demonstrates that 𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝐷𝑁𝐴 is unreliable for the detection of illicit content: it is easy to incriminate someone by sending them false content with a hash value close to illicit content (a false positive) and to avoid detection of illicit content with minimal modifications to an image (a false negative)”White-Box Attacks on PhotoDNA Perceptual Hash Function
𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝐷𝑁𝐴 is a widely deployed perceptual hash function used for the detection of illicit content such as Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive
“Our work demonstrates that 𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝐷𝑁𝐴 is unreliable for the detection of illicit content: it is easy to incriminate someone by sending them false content with a hash value close to illicit content (a false positive) and to avoid detection of illicit content with minimal modifications to an image (a false negative)”
White-Box Attacks on PhotoDNA Perceptual Hash Function
𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝐷𝑁𝐴 is a widely deployed perceptual hash function used for the detection of illicit content such as Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive
Turns out we've all been saying Linus differently...
But here's how Linus Torvalds himself says it! 😆
Global surge in ultra-processed foods sparks urgent health warning
Ultra-processed foods are rapidly becoming a global dietary staple, and new research links them to worsening health outcomes around the world.ScienceDaily
Saw the news that Jello Biafra had a stroke. Glad he's recovering well, at least. Everyone knows Dead Kennedys but if you haven't listened to Prairie Home Invasion, the album he did with Mojo Nixon, then you should change that! I didn't know about it for way too long.
youtube.com/watch?v=5acQqDx9ZF…
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
Finitum
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 • • •NY's suit looks like a shakedown. At the same time any sports viewing gives you an eyefull of gambling stats/sites, polymarket is somehow legal, the NYSE itself will allow an algorithm to trade a bundled derivative with nominal human involvement but sure put a tamp on people spending a couple bucks to get a game skin.
Pay the right lobbyist & all of a sudden anything looks legitimate, maybe valve is playing that game wrong.