floof.org
Company: Pick a password.
Comp: No, a stronger PW.
Comp: Stronger!
Comp: You used that PW 8 years ago.
Comp: Finally. Now do 2FA and select pics that don't show monkeys.
*Five minutes later*
Comp: We regret to inform you your data has been breached and posted to the dark web.
When writing a message of condolence & support to someone, smartphone tech automatically suggests religious, and specifically US Christian language.
Techbro christo-fascism and default-Americanism is everywhere.
Tell me you're a self-centered fuck who doesn't give two shits about other people's struggles without telling me...
via the Pale Moon browser's docs. https://www.palemoon.org/technical.shtml
microsoft: Exploit Code Unporoven
me: i literally gave you a compiled PoC and also exploit code
m$: No exploit code is available, or an exploit is theoretical.
me:
During an outing to have dinner at 23:00, when there are not many options around but Denny's, and they have at the entrance a box full with crayons, making every disposable paper tablecloth a canvas. This time they were special tablecloths, they were not showing a Denny's menu or anything like that, it was during Mexican elections day so these have a reminder about voting.
I've had otters on my mind lately, so why not to draw one. With very restricted palette of colors (blue, orange, red and green), very easy to break.
Traditional. Super cheap crayons.
I'm also gonna display this one at the Anthrocon's Art Show because why not! Maybe someone wants to give me $1 for this piece, or I may be surprised and someone pays me for the dinner of that evening.
Just posted the trailer for my short film, The Human Under the Bed! a
#film #filmmaking #movies #puppets #muppets
Late at night, a nervous young monster discovers a human under their bed.The Human Under the Bed is a short film directed by Euan O'Leary, starring Eric Giro...YouTube
Today I found out (thanks to this news article) that I am now again eligible to vote in UK elections! Well, since I'm still technically a British citizen, have a UK passport, and know what my NI number is, I went ahead and registered.
Huh!
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clwe2wj01gjo
Brits living abroad for more than 15 years now have the right to vote in the UK general election.Yazmina García (BBC News)
And I've apparently now been approved to have a postal vote sent to me.
This would be the first time I've voted in UK elections since 1997.
Wild...
Gratz! Hope you can help make a difference even remotely/from sidelines :>
Know of any other folks in similar situation who should be made aware of this too?
every vote makes a difference (ok maybe exactly but it certainly cannot hurt). Not just your vote but so many other votes out there in general all thinking "it won't make a difference" can indeed lead to a difference.
Right wing LOVES voter suppression, the more the people are properly informed on the topics and are enabled to vote - the better for society. Fascism thrives off fear/doubt and silencing of opposition any means necessary.
Hoping for the best for UK here from US.
FINALLY got my postal ballot for the UK election today.
Well, guess there’s no point mailing it back because there’s no way it’s gonna get there in time. :P
Voters in the UK and abroad have either not received their ballots or have been left with too little time to return themRachel Obordo (The Guardian)
Hello friend!! I have a brand new story for you to read today!
This is a commission for @DaCutestCorvid and it was a blast to work on. Nerif belongs to them, all other characters in the story are my own.
Tags: Furry, Romance, Polyamory, Self-discovery
I really hope you enjoy!
Warning: EXTREME AMOUNTS OF CUTENESS ;D
Link to read: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56985196/
💙💙💙
#Furry #FurryArt #FurryStory #Polyamory #Romance #SelfDiscovery #Story #Free #Writing #WritingCommunity
This is a commission for DaCutestCorvid !!. . I absolutely love this story and I hope you do too!. . I think you'll agree, Nerif is ...www.furaffinity.net
It's been a while, but I'm watching HTTYD again. This time I'm just seeing Toothless and Hiccup as best buds — ignore species, they are just two young guys hanging out and keeping each other company. (Of course, Toothless doesn't have much choice if he doesn't want to be grounded…)
As usual, the bit where Toothless lets Hiccup touch for the first time makes a lump in my throat. Astrid's first flight is still good too. The whole thing's still bloody good.
I have a deep love of the music of those films. John Powell did a stunning job.
The intro fantastically introduces the leitmotif's for each character and it spends the rest of the film leaning on that and reinforcing each characters theme.
Right up until Test Drive.
Charles Cornell explains it better than I can https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k87EZ5hm_BM
Get my FREE piano mini-course here! https://cornell.academy/instant-piano-guide Start your piano journey now: get 30% off our beginner-friendly "Intro to Pia...YouTube
“How to help someone use a computer”
https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/agre/how-to-help.html
> Whenever they start to blame themselves, respond by blaming the computer. Then keep on blaming the computer, no matter how many times it takes
Yes!
I don’t think that most Silicon Valley folks realize that most people, even and perhaps especially young people, kinda hate technology
We use it, because we feel like we need to, but no one is going to storm the barricades to save Instagram or Bumble
i don't think people realize how bad android mobile phones really are when you compare them to PCs
imagine not being able to be administrator on windows because if you enable it, a bunch of apps will refuse to run for no good reason
imagine not being able to reinstall windows or another operating system on your PC because you need to ask the computer manufacturer for permission to unlock your bootloader
i'm tired of putting up with this crap on phones, it's abhorrent
We've been here before....
Centrism doesn't protect us from fascism, it delivers fascists into power
Lynn Conway, computer hardware pioneer (and genius) has passed away. None of her obits do justice to her accomplishments, so here's wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway
She pioneered asyncronous execution, VLSI circuit design, and practically the whole modern field of chip design.
She was also a trans woman who -- having been unfairly terminated by IBM -- never stopped fighting for the rights of trans people.
Rest in power, Lynn.
Happy International Lynx Day!
#Lynx #Cats #Animals #AnimalArt #Wildlife #Nature #Art #MastoArt #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting
RIP Lynn Conway, a trans pioneer who made major contributions to computing, noted in this article from last year:
"She had already been forced to restart her career from scratch with a new identity in 1969, after being fired by IBM for telling her bosses she was transitioning. The rupture meant she could not claim credit for techniques she had invented there, even as they became standard practice across the industry.
And so, over the past two decades, Conway has been investigating – and attempting to reverse – what she describes as her "disappearance" from history, chronicling her experiences both as a computing and a gender trailblazer.
Slowly, that recognition is coming to pass. In 2009, she received an award from the engineering trade group, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE). In 2020, IBM finally apologised for firing her 42 years earlier.
And this October she was inducted into the National Inventors’ Hall of Fame as the co-creator of VLSI – 14 years after Mead received the same honour."
Her ideas launched a global microchip revolution – but for years she was afraid to claim her share of credit. Io Dodds meets the LGBT+ pioneer who helped create the modern worldIo Dodds (The Independent)
The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more. Click to read Law Dork, by Chris Geidner, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.www.lawdork.com
Use R, ggplot2, and the principles of graphic design to create beautiful and truthful visualizations of dataData Visualization with R
Last month was also the warmest May on record globally in the GISTEMPv4 dataset...
[(Preliminary) data/info: https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/faq/]
