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Now I'm curious how the data looks for us nerds over here on the fediverse: where do you register your domains? If at multiple places, let's interpret this as if you were registering a domain today, w

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@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx · 3d ago

@gintoxicating I use bnamed.net can't recommend them enough!

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@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx · 6d ago

The exact moment software went downhill was when #mozilla changed away from this.

#retrocomputing

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@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx · Mar 07, 2026

There is a silver lining to the whole #python #chardet debacle. If it is legal to throw a pile of code at an LLM, and tell it to write a new version of that code that is not a derivative then that gives us a lot of options too.

GPL compatible #ZFS? no problem! #ReactOS from the leaked NT/2k sources? No problem!

Maybe this is a golden age for the collapse of proprietary software after all. If they can do an end run around the #GPL we can do an end run around the #EULA.

#opensource

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@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx · Feb 12, 2026

Not to brag, but if anthropic had paid me $20,000 and given me a month I'd also have been able to write them a very shitty C compiler.

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@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx · Feb 10, 2026

Today I learned several important lessons:

* #AIX 5.1 with 64MB of RAM is miserable
* My 43P-140 has 64MB of RAM
* Memory from a #sun Ultra 10 works great in a 43P-140
* AIX 5.1 with 576MB is quite plesant.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

#retrocomputing #unix

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Essentially, their argument was that this would be a huge pain and expense to fix, and so we are all better off just keeping it on the down low. And that kind of worked, for about a hundred years, unt

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Anyway, my intent in looking at locks and publishing my paper wasn't to disrupt the lock industry. I believed, as I still do, that mechanical locks and physical security have quite a bit to teach comp

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I never did reach a truce with the locksmiths. A couple years later, I met Billy Edwards, the author of that editorial denouncing me, at a trade show, and when he learned who I was he refused to shake

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@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx · Dec 30, 2025

@mattblaze@federate.social did they ever fix it? The locksmiths, I mean? Or are these systems just still vulnerable and that's why they are still mad at you?

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My controversial take: Linux desktops peaked with KDE 3.5.x. (Gnome is a ghastly abomination and KDE's been going downhill ever since.) macOS desktops peaked with Snow Leopard (10.6). Everything since

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Desktop computer usability has been going backwards for 20 years.

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@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx · Dec 24, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop it seems that my take is the more controversial; I actively *enjoy* Gnome Shell. I have from the very beginning. I'm definitely what almost anyone would call a power user. I just really enjoy how it works, it's almost entirely just not present when I'm not using it. Which is really all I want from any gui.

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Don't want AI in web browser? Alternatives having not (or will not) put in AI: https://librewolf.net https://floorp.app https://zen-browser.app https://vivaldi.com https://alohabrowser.com (Android) h

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@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx · Dec 17, 2025

@Linux@linuxrocks.online the ladybird browser is built by a real... Piece of work in pretty much the worst way. I wouldn't trust him even a little bit. And certainty wouldn't expect them to ever release anything worth having. It's a political project, and not in the "GNU is a political project" sort of way.

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We built Orion to be your trusted daily companion for the web. https://orionbrowser.com #Orion #Browser #Kagi

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@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx · Dec 17, 2025

@kagihq@mastodon.social if it's not #opensource how can we trust it even a little bit? I'm not being rhetorical here, you just have a website that says it's trustworthy that's the only difference between Orion and #googlechrome How can you be MORE trustworthy than #firefox or #chromium ? Right now it's just... Words. I'd like to believe you, but there's just no reason to.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 11/21. What are some preconceptions about writers you'd like to see challenged? Almost every depiction of a writer in TV or film is grotesquely wrong, starting with: they're all ric

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#WritersCoffeeClub 21/11: A second misconception: everyone seems to think that if they can write a toot or a school essay they can write a book: "it's just more writing". We use the same word for lini

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@hp@mastodon.tmm.cx · Nov 21, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop "It's like thinking that knowing how to print "hello world!" in BASIC means you're ready to write the flight control software for an Airbus." Most people DO think that tho :P

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