One thing I'm very happy to have landed in GNOME Calendar 49 (after a year in the merge review queue) is the more noticeable month names in the infinitely scrolling month view's 1st day cells: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/962
Now they show up bold-typed and as full-length words, except when there is a space constraint from a weather forecast on the 1st day of the month (in that case the month name will automatically shrink to its previous abbreviated form).
General purpose computer --> limited purpose computer --> appliance --> haha it is really our computer so pay up for your subscription like a good little cash cow and pray we don't alter the deal further no wait we are of course going to do that
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To continue to ride your bicycle, please renew your subscription.
Your air fryer will start after these three adverts.
Your washing machine needs a firmware update to continue. Note that the new firmware requires your to use detergent bought from our store.
To check the time on your watch, please tap all the squares containing mopeds to prove you are not a robot.
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@neil I sooo fear and know when we are getting new washing machine it will need to connect to the internet and shortly afterwards I'll have to buy a new washing machine because I have taken a sledge hammer to the first one as soon as it starts the annoying and VERY LOUD beeping that all white good are now programmed to do every 5min
@neil I am sure you have read this story already https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/
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@Signs Oh yes :)
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@neil
It's weird that they called the fake firm "Boulangism"... It's a real word in France and it has nothing to do with bread. But everything to do with politics and populism.
@neil Keep fixing the 20 year old simple machines you have that don’t contain firmware or web interfaces.
@neil You'll need to verify your age before you can continue using your electric toothbrush!
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@neil I wonder if, in the future, historians look back on all this enshittification today and think those things were true right now in an era where enshittification is legally banned.
I truly hope for a future where they are able to do that because the alternative is truly frightening. (You'll probably have to tick a box to make a payment to get out of bed in the morning or an exponentially bigger payment not to.)
@neil
And for no better reason than custom, we all accepted that almost all phones for sale are in the last category, and we're increasingly allowing vendors to shift personal computers from the first to the last.
MCC codes used to restrict what Aslyum Seekers can purchase https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/30/home-office-bans-asylum-seekers-from-buying-luxury-goods-and-services digital borders within a state where access to goods or services is denied by data
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@JamesBaker And if the Government get their digital ID card for every citizen sorted out & made into a requirement for all transactions, they'll be able to do this to anyone in the country by checking a box on a webform
At least with fixed ALPR cameras, and even certain police departments that heavily use the tech on their vehicles, it's at least theoretically possible to plan travel to avoid constant state surveillance.
This partnership would make surveillance all but ubiquitous, impossible to avoid, and would mark the largest assault on unencumbered freedom of movement that I can imagine.
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What we're increasingly seeing is a convergence of the Death of Anonymity in both virtual and physical spaces. Online, this includes the explosion if ID requirements to access services to "protect the youths".
In any case, it's all under the pretense that because there are bad actors that exist, it's incumbent on law abiding citizens to be subjected to increased surveillance for their protection, despite the fact that bad actors will still exist and skirt these systems regardless.
HyperSoop 
a reminder that the language you use matters and "sideloading" is a term made up by the enemy
it's called installing software
news: "Gen alpha is shunning commercial platforms and hosting their own websites based on older tech"
me, from the time the internet wasn't (as) shit: HAHAHA YES YES YES!
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@philpem I’m getting a premonition… 🔮 “Labour vows to crack-down on unmonitored ‘self-hosted’ sites” - BBC, June 2027
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Just turn the mount anti-clockwise. It will feel like you're breaking something, but all will be well.
Replacing the bathroom light:
Whatever you do, DO NOT turn the mount! Definitely don't do it at the beginning of a bank holiday!
Wow AI minority report crime mapping - as we all know the problem with crime is a lack of detection. Local residents don’t know where it’s happening! https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ai-to-help-police-catch-criminals-before-they-strike #AI #crime #precrime
"No matter your age, the [UK] Online Safety Act will restrict the content available to you online.”
“Adults are being forced to hand over information to unregulated age verification providers in order to get the uncensored version of social media apps such as X, Reddit and Bluesky.”
🗣️ ORG's Sara Chitseko.
https://theface.com/society/online-safety-act-palestine-young-voters-democracy-uk-politics
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #censorship #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #ageverification #freedomofexpression #privacy
The @dino and #Conversations_im developers have a booth at @FrOSCon. Come find us to talk about #XMPP and grab some merch.
Gajim 2.3.4 has been released! 🥳
This release supports time zones 🕑 in profiles, adds drag and drop improvements, enables displaying long messages inline, and fixes many smaller issues.
Thank you for all your contributions ❤️ Let us know what you think!
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It comes in two flavours: random but still useful:
"Yeah, V for... uh... Veloceraptor?"
And sadistic:
"That's right, Q for Queue... oh wait, sorry. Q for..." mind goes blank here!