Post B1HtvbHx4hPCbxnS6K by manstop@ryona.agency
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(DIR) Post #B1GTEpKcCCSdkL1f8a by WandererUber@poa.st
2025-12-15T06:48:09.000532Z
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The cycle of technology is stacking one more layer of abstraction and sandboxing on top of what's there, only to yet again end up at "Always click YES when untested payloads from anonymous sources on your machine prompt you, or you can't use the computer.">windows UAC>flash>desktop linux (user not added to "printer" group by default)>activeX>mobile OS permissions>webAssembly>AI code
(DIR) Post #B1GTQkl51ZjP2Q5jUG by lain@lain.com
2025-12-15T06:50:16.171783Z
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@WandererUber the desktop linux security model is so absurd. yeah, someone with access to your user can steal all your credit card data from your chrome db, but at least they can't print.
(DIR) Post #B1GTgYpD9zKof1Yrz6 by WandererUber@poa.st
2025-12-15T06:53:08.357370Z
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@lain Support for the theoretical multi-user use case award.>you need to add your user to the dialup group or you can't flash a microcontroller that ships with a UART to USB adapter.
(DIR) Post #B1GTo79FwfRj8iXUCe by lain@lain.com
2025-12-15T06:54:30.320500Z
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@WandererUber ugh.pdf proven right again
(DIR) Post #B1GULC5cauCu1Nc2mu by WandererUber@poa.st
2025-12-15T07:00:30.130928Z
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@lain still haven't finished the good book as I like to call it since your last recommendation of it, but I remain intrigued. Though I don't know if I can make myself believe a better world is possible, especially concerning computing.
(DIR) Post #B1GUYFrnrWRRV5NRho by lain@lain.com
2025-12-15T07:02:49.288791Z
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@WandererUber at least macos will ask you for explicit permission when an application accesses downloads or documents for the first time, that's at least some progress.
(DIR) Post #B1GUe72faLp1ruFkXY by WandererUber@poa.st
2025-12-15T07:03:55.471646Z
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@lain which you have to click yes to or you can't use the computer
(DIR) Post #B1GUjVoOv2SY8f9aJE by hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info
2025-12-15T07:04:38.174575Z
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@lain @WandererUber it's to save the environment
(DIR) Post #B1GUnJh7uerriRZ6jg by lain@lain.com
2025-12-15T07:05:33.321638Z
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@WandererUber i do like that it's more specific, like the 'app xyz wants to know your location' stuff on mobile. UAC/sudo is just "um something needs some access, not sure what'"
(DIR) Post #B1GUpJWRWa05lDWKIa by lain@lain.com
2025-12-15T07:05:55.785201Z
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@hakui @WandererUber MRF that adds "please don't print this post, save the rainforest" to all messages
(DIR) Post #B1GVTgeSwuen4vWZo8 by hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info
2025-12-15T07:13:10.789131Z
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@lain @WandererUber good idea----------------------------------------This post is meant solely for the named recipient(s). It may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this post from your instance and inform the sender. Please think of the environment before printing this post.
(DIR) Post #B1HA9FtunKiyRQ7vP6 by WandererUber@poa.st
2025-12-15T14:48:57.423044Z
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@lain been reading some more, and just a thought that I had but which wasn't obvious to me: I sometimes hear modern C programmers talk about "single-header" libs and programs, whereas everything is in main.h and that's it.And I often wondered what the hell the point of a header was anyway, since it seems like something the computer should figure out, not me.But these guys keep talking about mem requirements and how slow Unix supposedly is. So is basically the whole paradigm of splitting your code into multiple .c and having a bunch of headers just a kludge because otherwise the compiler runs out of memory?! Is that what it is??
(DIR) Post #B1HF9IqiKf8NM9TIjg by lain@lain.com
2025-12-15T15:44:57.480087Z
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@WandererUber it also has to do with the way compiling and linking works, but you're right, that's the basic reason for it
(DIR) Post #B1HFwEt5qlmrG7v2fY by WandererUber@poa.st
2025-12-15T15:53:50.054370Z
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@lain Thank you. Now I'm starting to wonder just how much of modern IT architecture is a holdover from the times of 32 KB memory. This seems like the one instance where saying "to hell with it" and just inflating the requirements 20x would be the correct call. But what do I know.I feel like making headers and splitting workloads should be a computer job anyways.The book seems to agree:>Having a large number of header files is a big pain. Unfortunately, this situation occurs whenever you try to write a C program that does anything useful. Header files typically define data structures and many header files depend on data structures defined in other header files. You, as the programmer, get the wonderful job of sorting out these dependencies and including the header files in the right order.>If you get the order wrong, the compiler will testily inform you that you have a syntax error. The compiler is a busy and important program and doesn’t have time to figure out the difference between a missing data structure definition and a plain old mistyped word. The section below that complains that the compiler aborts when it sees a single syntax error, but I thought to myself "And? Just run it again, doesn't take that long..." and that's where I realized just how old this commentary is.
(DIR) Post #B1HHfTSkbgR1RrjODo by lain@lain.com
2025-12-15T16:13:11.031675Z
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@WandererUber luckily all of this is now solved with llms and you can just say "figure out the error and make it compile", but it's crazy that it took so long to do it.
(DIR) Post #B1HJjkU9SW5ZJGYJ3g by mint@ryona.agency
2025-12-15T16:36:20.415597Z
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@lain @WandererUber W*yland evangelists momemt.
(DIR) Post #B1HKAifIKoTXU0coYi by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-12-15T16:41:15.265304Z
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@lain @WandererUber opensuse takes it a point further. You can't connect to a wifi network without authentication with polkit.
(DIR) Post #B1HKMXOI4tPRzXJ5Jw by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-12-15T16:43:23.350153Z
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@hakui @lain @WandererUber Even better-------------------------------This toot is licenses under Creative Commons Non-commercial NoDerivative. Use of this post for training your environment destroying so-called AI is not allowed and will be prosecuted.
(DIR) Post #B1HKS198sHJXj0pmue by sendpaws@mitra.pawslut.party
2025-12-15T16:44:21.011833Z
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@phnt @lain @WandererUber you can't even use a printer without turning off the firewall and polkit
(DIR) Post #B1HKchrKvM0x5mbQhs by sendpaws@mitra.pawslut.party
2025-12-15T16:46:17.537251Z
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@phnt @lain @WandererUber @hakui here's a funny thread: the anti ai and accessibility crowds fighting because the guy ciphered his text to fight ai and now the screen readers don't workhttps://tech.lgbt/@mildsunrise/115719910165782104
(DIR) Post #B1HKpLAYb1dMU8cKsC by mint@ryona.agency
2025-12-15T16:48:35.394413Z
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@sendpaws @phnt @lain @WandererUber @hakui Of course a blog with two four kilobyte pages is the most ripe target for scrapping.
(DIR) Post #B1HKqsqgrUmfEK3pEe by lain@lain.com
2025-12-15T16:48:51.333431Z
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@sendpaws @phnt @WandererUber @hakui > made with ♥ by Til Schünemanngermans were a mistake
(DIR) Post #B1HKv9KbWRZnVY5RVw by hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info
2025-12-15T16:49:30.280704Z
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@lain @sendpaws @WandererUber @phnt should have made it with hate
(DIR) Post #B1HLXYgDj0cF85VpGy by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-12-15T16:56:34.921065Z
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@sendpaws @lain @WandererUber @hakui The page renders half zoomed in on phone. Even that is wrong :D
(DIR) Post #B1HLeJKPCX81XlWowS by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-12-15T16:57:45.258420Z
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@lain @sendpaws @WandererUber @hakui what is worse:1.made with ♥ by Til Schünemann2.Checking you are not a bit (made with ❤️ by Techaro 🇨🇦
(DIR) Post #B1HLjiUF5b331HhuHg by lain@lain.com
2025-12-15T16:58:46.276354Z
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@phnt @sendpaws @WandererUber @hakui that software is so retarded
(DIR) Post #B1HMOZFyJNhIGXVmD2 by WandererUber@poa.st
2025-12-15T17:06:11.109220Z
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@sendpaws @phnt @lain @hakui I really enjoy the hubris of thinking anyone in that sphere made anything worthwhile for AI to digest. If anything, they're doing scrapers a service by prefiltering themselves.
(DIR) Post #B1Hh7VnrzmxJfc4kSW by sun@shitposter.world
2025-12-15T20:58:23.938590Z
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@sendpaws @phnt @lain @WandererUber @hakui how can you stand to be exposed to this side of the fediverse for any length of time, these people are stupid and scum
(DIR) Post #B1HhH5JFM1P8OeJgC8 by sendpaws@mitra.pawslut.party
2025-12-15T21:00:05.498883Z
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@sun @phnt @lain @WandererUber @hakui this shit somehow ended up on my tl the other day
(DIR) Post #B1HiQFuLQ2c1pLbbYe by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-12-15T21:12:58.551629Z
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@sun @lain @sendpaws @WandererUber @hakui It is my guilty pleasure every once in a while. But instead of looking for whatever that thread was, I scroll through mastosoc fediblock. It kinda feels like going into a zoo and watching all the different animals doing their thing.
(DIR) Post #B1HjwkMvniCTWO29PU by Ree@shitposter.world
2025-12-15T21:30:04.152862Z
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@sun @sendpaws @WandererUber @hakui @lain @phnt everyone needs useful idiots
(DIR) Post #B1HlZvj9bWHbzrfySW by mint@ryona.agency
2025-12-15T21:48:20.352672Z
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@sun @phnt @lain @sendpaws @WandererUber @hakui Those people are building half-baked software that you get forced to use while shutting down opposition with COINTELPRO tactics. Ignoring them won't make them go away. Nothing short of mass shooting at some big Linux conference would.
(DIR) Post #B1HmpmRK0F8bmNSOJs by sendpaws@mitra.pawslut.party
2025-12-15T22:02:22.866673Z
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@mint @phnt @lain @WandererUber @sun @hakui ignoring them is a great tactic, just see how that worked for Charlie Kirk
(DIR) Post #B1HnNopNdA6j20wOlE by sun@shitposter.world
2025-12-15T22:08:34.478811Z
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@mint @phnt @lain @sendpaws @WandererUber @hakui who's behind it?
(DIR) Post #B1HpQvzpdODi2dRWi0 by i@declin.eu
2025-12-15T22:31:30.437666Z
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@sun @phnt @lain @sendpaws @WandererUber @mint @hakui the point of the system is what it does, not who does it, https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ted-kaczynski-the-system-s-neatest-trick
(DIR) Post #B1Hq0onLszIG8FiTfE by sun@shitposter.world
2025-12-15T22:38:02.009371Z
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@i @phnt @lain @sendpaws @WandererUber @mint @hakui ok I see
(DIR) Post #B1HtvbHx4hPCbxnS6K by manstop@ryona.agency
2025-12-15T23:21:50.288897Z
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@sun @phnt @lain @sendpaws @WandererUber @hakui @mint this tradeoff is genuinely interesting to think about though
(DIR) Post #B1I5foKA2WuzrD4EIS by lina@eientei.org
2025-12-16T01:33:30.698354Z
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@mint @phnt @lain @sendpaws @WandererUber @sun @hakui oh hey last time you said that one of the oldtroons chimped out that you want to stage a shooting
(DIR) Post #B1ItejzrdfLLr3FzXs by mint@ryona.agency
2025-12-16T10:53:32.257208Z
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@lina @phnt @lain @sendpaws @WandererUber @sun @hakui That was latvian pedophile, methinks.
(DIR) Post #B1JY4rgTfzufONCVTk by lina@eientei.org
2025-12-16T18:26:29.396020Z
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@mint @phnt @lain @sendpaws @WandererUber @sun @hakui meso dropped me some lore that he didnt even actually live properly in latvia and he's a fully american faggot, he probably was there for like a month or some shit but then he couldn't handle it and went back