light-dark()

light-dark() CSS color function helps to make better color schemes for websites.

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Most of “AI” is a rebranded side effect of the surveillance technology.

Still warms my heart after 7 years: people making music with floppy drives.

RFC 1149

Packet loss is likely with avian carriers.

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Back to 90s

Ruffle is a Rust-based Flash Player reimplementation.

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Google’s YouTube Music is now testing “AI” radio announcers, mainly to mess up the experience of people who paid to get music without interruptions.

How does YouTube verify student’s educational status?

Identity verification is a multi-national industry that remixes data between educational institutions, advertisers, and governments.

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This is impressive work of art: wearable wedding dress made of 3 kilograms in LEGO bricks. Designed by Satu Aaltonen, a Finnish hobbyist builder. She was invited to Lego House Masterpiece Gallery. Her LinkedIn post tells a bit more about it.

Surprisingly, totally awful lack of ‘security’ on a call-recording application that sells people’s private conversations to unknown “AI” companies. Why in the world are such clearly malicious applications allowed on mobile application stores?

Shopify was behind the RubyGems hostile takeover

Shopify was behind the last week’s hostile takeover of RubyGems and other Ruby-based projects, according to Joel Drapper. As the biggest corporate sponsor of Ruby Central, Shopify already had oversized financial influence on Ruby’s core projects and infrastructure. Now their role is increasingly seen as hostile towards rest of the Ruby community.

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Trouble in Ruby land

Overview of the outcome of recent hostile takeover of RubyGems’ infrastructure.

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There will be paid advertising on OpenAI systems. That will make OpenAI even less reliable as a data source.

YouTube goes full speed towards disasters.

Moderation in a challenge on social media platforms

All platforms (including Mastodon) are required to do certain levels of moderation to stay compliant with the laws and regulations.

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Out-out from LinkedIn’s GenAI data mining

You should opt-out from the data mining of your posts.

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Nvidia bought ~4% of Intel

Intel still holds the key technologies for x86 CPU computing.

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Shelly Power Strip 4 Gen4

Multi-purpose automation at home or office.

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Netlify pricing change is a disaster

Netlify limits Free tier users to only 20 builds a month.

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Sigma 200mm f/2 DG OS | Sports

Expensive 200mm lens that looks good based on the details.

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Reducing risk of malicious ads

New method for blocking accidental visits to search engine ads by using enterprise policies for adjusting web browser settings, developed by Don Marti.

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