Blimey, over 87K followers now.
We're on the road to 100K folks.
Incredible.
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) ban AI / LLM code contributions gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/sdl-โฆ
#OpenSource #AI #GenAI #LLM #SDL #GameDev
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) ban AI / LLM code contributions
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer), the incredibly popular cross-platform development library, has formally banned all AI code contributions.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
US operating system age verification bill "Parents Decide Act" gets published gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/us-oโฆ
#Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification #ParentsDecideAct
US operating system age verification bill "Parents Decide Act" gets published
The US-wide operating system age verification bill we covered recently, the "Parents Decide Act", now actually has the bill published to read.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Good question if this goes to ban US stuff in EU outright because could be a violation of the privacy laws.
With the EU/US relationship in freefall, it could be another string attached to the political spat.
Linux/freeBSD maintainers should think twice before jump this bandwagon before find themselves banned from EU and other countries with more restrictive laws.
#Jidori #JidoriEggs #ๅญตๅตๅจ #EggIncubator #ๅฐ้ถๅต
New Chicks: mostly from JiDokKo eggs from the FukuroNoKai (Owl Association) farmer's market, but two are from Silky eggs from that market's table too. The brown striped ones may be from birds that were hatched from JiDori eggs from a local supermarket. Those birds got huge and I want to try hatching a bunch of them.. They are labeled as JiDori.. so they could be anything I guess.. Maybe Amakusa Daiou which is what the look like, I think...
#JiDori #SilkyChicks #BabyChicks #JiDokKo #ๅฐ้ถ
drew yesterday's wordmark in #uxn in ~350 bytes (40% savings over bitmap) by indexing into the 22 sprites it can be reduced to.
also used a "door" correctly for the first time while doing this (before ultimately removing it to save bytes ^^")
paste.sr.ht/~sporeball/c7e285cโฆ
@neauoire nicely done! it seems like a tradeoff, where either the Tal is simpler and the sprite data is a little larger (yours), or the Tal is more complex and the sprite data is a little smaller (mine)?
to your credit, i like the handwritten look, i forgot that the sprite byte is powerful enough to work the way it does in yours ^^"
You may have seen the video where this big dog keeps on calling a little dog a cat!
The saga continues. The big dog has now made friends with the "cat" And it seems the woman has given up on trying to convince her shepherd Flambo that Rupert the Yorkie is a dog.
like this
like this
Four-horned Chameleon Trioceros quadricornis
Protect the Four-Horned Chameleons, native to Cameroonโs rainforests, these extraordinary reptiles are now listed as Vulnerable, boycott palm oil for them!Palm Oil Detectives
The story of UNIX.
Thereโs life beyond #BigTech clouds. ๐ฅ
Are you thinking about moving away from #Microsoft365, Dropbox, or legacy systems?
With Nextcloud, migration is easier than you think. Explore your migration path โจ๐ nextcloud.com/migrate/
Migrate to Nextcloud: Simple and secure
Migrate to Nextcloud from Microsoft 365 or other platforms. Discover real use cases, migration resources, and expert support.Nextcloud
It's really nice to know that we can buy parts compatible with a 45 years old furler.
This is a new fitting connected to the original socket, I realize that thread sizes have standardized a long time ago, but still, aren't we fortunate to live in such a world that these don't change every 5 years..
๐๏ธ DEBATE: "Los abusos de las Big Tech y cรณmo proteger nuestra democracia" โ discusiรณn sobre manipulaciรณn algorรญtmica, concentraciรณn de poder y medidas para defender espacios democrรกticos frente a plataformas.
๐ Ver conversaciรณn desde youtube.com/watch?v=29AwrCDUNXโฆ ๐
ยฟQuรฉ medidas comunitarias y legales urgentes proponemos para recuperar espacios democrรกticos frente a las plataformas?
- 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
#AMRO26 - Becoming Unreadable
13th-16th May 2026, Linz (AT)
Pre-opening: 12th May
"Becoming Unreadable" examines the digital conditions shaping how we live and work. It challenges norms of constant online presence and critiques the role of mainstream digital cultures in surveillance and data exploitation, while exploring ethical, sustainable, community-driven alternatives.
Check out the Festival program: radical-openness.org
Programme Overview:
12 May: Pre-opening @ SPLACE / Kunstuniversitรคt Linz / Hauptplatz 6 (18:30)
13 May: Opening
โ Exhibition @ MAERZ / Eisenbahngasse 20 (18:00)
โ Keynotes @ afo โ architekturforum oberรถsterreich / Herbert-Bayer-Platz 1 (19:00)
13โ16 May: Full programme of talks, workshops, concerts & exhibitions (10:00โ00+)
Check out the Festival program: radical-openness.org
Join the festival closing night!
16 May โ Nightline @ STWST / Kirchengasse 4 (21:00โ02:00)
Live & DJ sets with:
Adel Faure & Rรฉmi Georges, Arnica Montana, Jens Vetter, Lil Data, map(h), Mitsitron, MSHR, Orangetronic, Pasta Gang
Exhibitions:
โFrom the Ashes of the Burnout Machinesโ @ MAERZ
On digital infrastructures, ecological crisis & extractive economies, pointing toward resistance & regeneration.
โ Opening: 13 May
โDecay and Desireโ @ bb15
Immersive installations on sustainability, participation & techno-ecologies.
โ Opening: 14 May
โBecoming Unreadableโ @ SPLACE
A showcase exhibition on invisibility, AI ideologies & digital autonomy.
โ Opening: 12 May
earlier this evening i witnessed lightning strike through a rainbow against a pink sky
i ran and told k who said what? and then we saw it again
the most astonishing things, just happen
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_ofโฆ
Shoes to AI, whut?
cnbc.com/2026/04/15/allbirds-bโฆ
Struggling shoe retailer Allbirds makes bizarre pivot from shoes to AI, stock explodes more than 400%
Allbirds announced a deal with American Exchange Group to sell its intellectual property and other assets for $39 million in March.Lola Murti (CNBC)
sometimes I wish I had been born with a moral compass of โmake money at the cost of everything else.โ It would be somuch easier than actually caring about things.
Not only is this company pivoting from shoes to AI, they are pivoting from โletโs produce shoes with less plastic because itโs more sustainableโ to โweโre going to buy a bunch of computers to add to how fast the other AI data centers can burn the world down.โ
"Your backpack got worse on purpose" Most brands are owned by a handful of companies, and that's why everything is terrible now. You can't spend more on a better product, because there are no better products no matter how much you spend.
worseonpurpose.com/p/your-backโฆ
Your Backpack Got Worse On Purpose
In 1986, a corporation that made women's lingerie bought every backpack brand you've ever trusted.Keyana Sapp (Worse on Purpose)
"formally affine combinations of soups and hyper-salad"
@Friendica Support I get an internal server error trying to post a comment with double quotes to friendica with a mastodon client.
Is this a known problem?
@Michael ๐บ๐ฆ @Friendica Support and as usual, trying to force it with more logging on results in no "error"!
I don't understand!
So far, only about 1% of the British electorate has registered an interest in having a vote on channeling water management away from dumping effluent for profit and instead into public ownership for health.
Perhaps we can bump the numbers a bit, at least to the point where how not to enshittify what we drink and cook with might be debated by MPs?
petition.parliament.uk/petitioโฆ
Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
Some people never adopt a black cat because they think black cats are bad luck.
But the only bad luck is missing the joy of living with a black cat ๐ฅณโผ๏ธ๐ค๐โโฌ.
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #WhiskersWednesday #cat #black
#cats #gatos #CatsOfMastodon
#WhiskersWednesday
Professional napping technique (not suitable for beginners).
Philippine Sailfin Lizard Hydrosaurus pustulatus
Stunning bright coloured Philippine sailfin lizards are becoming more and more rare from palm oil deforestation across their range in #WestPapua #Philippines and eastern #Indonesia. They are also tโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Call whatever you want just keep the technical aspect in mind.
RE: mastodon.social/@gamingonlinuxโฆ
"Currently, the bill is only in the introductory stage so it hasn't yet passed and become law, so if this is important to you in the US you may want to speak to your representatives."
it's amusing how every time a law like this comes into the spotlight, someone just HAS to say "speak to your reps"
that doesn't do anything, they do NOT care. they are owned and paid for by billion dollar companies and individuals.
alternative strategies might work, and more people need to do those instead.
New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/new-โฆ#Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification
New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages
We've covered here before on individual US states setting up their own age verification laws, and now a new US Congress bill has been proposed for it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
because you are being a bit of an arse about what I wrote. People do need to speak up, and speak to their reps - otherwise nothing changes.
This is why I rarely engage, especially here, such stupid attitudes.
Road to Vostok is an incredibly impressive solo-developed hardcore survival shooter gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/roadโฆ
#RoadtoVostok #Godot #GodotEngine #FPS #IndieGames
Road to Vostok is an incredibly impressive solo-developed hardcore survival shooter
What looks like one of the most impressive games ever made with Godot Engine, the solo-developed hardcore Road to Vostok has entered Early Access.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
TRX the open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider is making progress on Tomb Raider 3 gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/trx-โฆ
#TRX #TombRaider #Retro #OpenSource #Gaming
TRX the open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider is making progress on Tomb Raider 3
With the classic Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 fully playable with the open source re-implementation TRX, the team makes impressive progress with the third.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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