2026-11-08T14:15:18Z https://njump.me yakkoj 🦊 https://njump.me/npub1wh43uh73tzu4ph6n34w93v9j0kj9wkdk27apac96ydquse0z8txsqc33cv https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/306/224/566/877/428/original/9ebe8c421bae6bd5.png https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/306/224/566/877/428/original/9ebe8c421bae6bd5.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsykq9xcxstpnxjsqpreshahh9mppy9udlyge7n72zyvz2h7lfvyzgzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav64hdz8x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5zg8szutrhw59a9f5yu3mjs4xfj3c4gh5ans2evch9m98f9k0fcmg06tv'>nevent1q…06tv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think visibility has taken a lower priority pretty much everywhere these days. My Corolla has some weird &#34;blind sports&#34; that my old car didn&#39;t have, assuming I&#39;d rely on the object-detecting radar bits (I make sure to actually LOOK; it&#39;s the only way to be sure) 2026-09-18T04:10:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswp409ca3792p4y3vryrmy2sze5yjprpgd03k6kkwc2ra87danh2gzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6cggh4g Of course vehicle size matters here. It&#39;s basic physics -- they&#39;re larger, weigh more, take longer to stop, have more energy they suddenly transfer to pedestrians &#34;they didn&#39;t see&#34; ...<br/><br/><a href="https://bne.social/@phocks/117288500931540681">https://bne.social/@phocks/117288500931540681</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1cutp44pq7khhwla0qd8yd2s8szwfk3fzvk9v7vmqzgmsqrp7lruqsqss6t" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1cut…ss6t</a></span><br/> </div> New from our team: Pedestrian deaths have started rising in the US and, to a lesser extent, in Australia, leading to questions about the effects of this shift in popular car design.<br/><br/>A new study of more than 10,000 crashes could provide some clues.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-18/big-cars-linked-to-pedestrian-deaths/107053810">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-18/big-cars-linked-to-pedestrian-deaths/107053810</a> </blockquote> 2026-09-18T02:34:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqvu7gry63uk3szcczgr7cq65e4aqgumprakmjs0twpc3vklqczjqzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6ey6r3r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg9kchl6mvglcfvkcp4rzhy9qjz7jk795fs3cx03tf0umztlt42dq8t3mqp'>nevent1q…3mqp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yep, this &#34;AI&#34; junk is fueling my current hatred for these clowns. With the mention of scientific compute, I&#39;ve just realized that nvidia is playing an old playbook with the current crud; they&#39;ve just turned the shitty dial up a few notches<br/><br/>And yes, every time I&#39;m forced to use nouveau to run an nvidia card today, and seeing loads of various breakage, I curse nvidia. That nouveau works AT ALL is testament to the hard work of those who made it happen 2026-08-03T12:25:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg2405gysq94x2vy0end35pzke4jd2y95lzes8z0ltrpeewdv7k2szyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6eerzct I&#39;d like to go back to the time I hated nvidia only because their video cards were expensive and essentially only worked with Windows<br/><br/>And that&#39;s despite me remembering when I was an nvidia shop because their proprietary driver was the least-worst way to have a not-shit system (oh those were dark days) 2026-08-03T12:05:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf2ckufaafmphn5tzjcjemkuuwj75uar6nqxwunmk2gjl32q2dc2szyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6ew4g40 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqhq3psxmvk7xqdzw0r5uzg6ns3js37ktf0pyfld33anw3cf2rg0crqr4r7'>nevent1q…r4r7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I definitely need to scare up the CDE reskin thing that works on Linux (the details fail me right now, but I know it existed!)<br/><br/>Or just take my Sun out of storage that has Solaris installed and use CDE that way ;o) 2026-07-09T01:54:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst8nk77rx8rqew4xs6ej7mfupe9ycaz89lsw8nn95m3lecck399gszyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6tst8ch you ever write code so inefficient you have to secure all the SSD storage output for the next year<br/><br/><a href="https://birdbutt.com/@colinstu/116338099556672672">https://birdbutt.com/@colinstu/116338099556672672</a><br/>nostr:note1uuvur6jghup44cdlmyxdzju70a7hspu78t9z38e39d58llwznd5skptzdt<br/> 2026-04-03T16:09:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8sn0pwftymy8gxw5s6eplg682ywvrnkt9thjpckqxnkacwvnyhuszyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6e2009c Look at this box! Too bad I missed it back in the day, and terrible that I&#39;d have just emptied the contents back then and tossed the box (in recycling if I was still in Germany, cause they provided the bins)<br/><br/>Just having two of the best names in video games on the same box is awesome.<br/><br/>I do have both Simcity (for Windows) and Lemmings, and sadly the boxes went in recycling in Germany :o(<br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dfx_tech/116331407442337129">https://mastodon.social/@dfx_tech/116331407442337129</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note12flha7cr0pmsaxlnspkwhqwwwwy00yx0kzkw0rk5znys4jsur29se0sug5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note12fl…sug5</a></span><br/> </div> Two of the greatest classics in video gaming history, united in one epic boxed release for the IBM-PC. Lemmings and SimCity in red and gold, simply gorgeous!<br/><br/>#retrogaming #floppydisk #Retro #Tech #80s #90s #simcity #lemmings #dos #dosgaming #pcgaming #msdos<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/331/405/989/597/072/original/137108b557b17623.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/331/406/310/904/646/original/ac0f182cf549a827.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/331/406/654/596/997/original/1a50dc6d2dea60f8.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/331/407/098/196/370/original/86452b8551f48bdd.jpeg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-04-01T21:47:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsftppal2p8qr2afpnaguuc5tguav5gld5d2f9hzm067hzk0f23p9qzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6uh0xyl UPS can go get bent<br/><br/>Also, Amazon, YOU SUCK for allowing this to happen<br/><br/>(I was HOME at the time the thing was allegedly delivered; I sort of expected UPS to do this shit)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/185/901/436/805/721/original/231415ac946bcf88.png"> <br/> 2026-03-07T04:03:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszcnyt8gjeg0w0d2st8egnhe09fc4rdypr9l62hhjx4vjx80jk8lszyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6cz3ap5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsffsr6vnyn58kjgzsxl6mtl7yjqvfkqns90dj0qjn0v4d53fza4psnajt5l'>nevent1q…jt5l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and even if I CAN afford a new car, I&#39;d definitely exhaust all the possibilities to buy an old one before I have to do that again... 2026-02-19T23:59:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfmn72d64qc2htvf3e8vfy30faal37g2zghang8trtp5uw3ucw70szyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6xedm9y Anyone remember when phones had an actual SWITCH to at minimum tell the dopey OS on the phone to not make sound?<br/><br/>Like all useful things, that switch went away, and now I have to UNLOCK my tracking device and convince it to give me the setting to shut it up 2026-02-09T04:39:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsred89yman66e4t5nrr6raxgq4ryxnvgh7nx8mz6l9udt5jt50x9czyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6cggxnq So Wayland has X11 compatibility in the form of &#34;XWayland&#34;<br/><br/>What&#39;s stopping someone from creating a &#34;GDIWayland&#34; compatibility layer so you can display, say, Program Manager from Windows 3.1?<br/><br/>Of course, I&#39;ve fallen into &#34;just because you can do a thing doesn&#39;t mean you should&#34; territory ;o) 2026-01-05T23:32:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqxxh9sxks8v52qwe2cy2dl3etq7uhwm4n6ew6csrzgqz4mddnmcszyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6zkjpv8 LG are apparently causing Microsoft Copilot to be installed on some LG TVs<br/><br/>That&#39;s some bullshit<br/><br/>I have a (NOT LG) TV to display video from a source and watch stuff, or play stuff on a console. I&#39;ve been made to argue with shit like this about whether it should be part of some botnet or surveillance infrastructure (I currently am WINNING this argument somehow; as long as I can keep the TV offline, I&#39;ll do so) and I&#39;m just sick of it. It&#39;s exhausting, but I&#39;ll keep saying NO to this junk. 2026-01-02T03:08:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvnd5ye7yzm4mn3qnjd2sc2tzl7hu46yu7tfffcgcexpeqvr02gfqzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav65l3sf9 &gt;YouTube video of &#34;How old is too old for a computer&#34;<br/><br/>Pfft<br/><br/>I have this 486 that runs WFW and DOS. I have an older SPARCstation IPX that runs openwin fine (under SunOS 4)<br/><br/>Just because it can&#39;t run the latest &#34;AI&#34; slop doesn&#39;t mean it&#39;s too old. Yes, it may be outmoded in several respects, but as long as they work, they work. 2025-11-10T22:44:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs20kvca8swm0ca4utn0rcdewjpdaypcz7jf5ysmehlquvwzzzswvqzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6qfehzt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstyuwm6k7xx9ghty25qqqp348ye7080sj0wxscas7k2qzxd9esdfg2vunwj'>nevent1q…unwj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why do I personally care about this, even though I banned TV from my dominion 20 years ago?<br/><br/>At minimum, ATSC 3.0 is being abusive to resources that are supposed to be public. Just because I don&#39;t watch TV doesn&#39;t mean millions of others shouldn&#39;t have the ability to watch (especially if their only way to watch has been OTA) 2025-10-30T16:25:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstyuwm6k7xx9ghty25qqqp348ye7080sj0wxscas7k2qzxd9esdfgzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6g3w9ay In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsru5x3u9slv4y4vsr00ugwv3knvpt9t5fztmj4kpkk2w6ej8pgwrsqlk0l2'>nevent1q…k0l2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(again, allegedly) no mandate from FCC for TV OEMs to include the ATSC 3.0 hardware, and no mandate for broadcasters to use ATSC 3.0<br/><br/>Which hopefully means that this stuff will die on the vine and at worst we&#39;ll be stuck on ATSC 1.0. Broadcasters aren&#39;t going to lock viewers out, TV OEMs aren&#39;t going to include hardware that bloats the cost of TVs up (patent issues)... looking kind of grim for ATSC 3.0 adoption if the people can&#39;t even use it, even if they HAVE money... 2025-10-30T16:22:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsru5x3u9slv4y4vsr00ugwv3knvpt9t5fztmj4kpkk2w6ej8pgwrszyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6ucgxdh This ATSC 3.0 junk is making me grumpy<br/><br/>(throw &#34;solve the wrong problem&#34; stuff in regarding AI and minors (stupid age verification systems and no education on how to properly use &#34;AI&#34;) and it&#39;s going to be a shitty few hours :o/ )<br/><br/>FCC allegedly approved broadcasters shutting ATSC 1.0 despite very poor ATSC 3.0 rollout. I understand that being able to shut ATSC 1.0 and actually doing so are different things... 2025-10-30T16:15:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxuyjkj6swy6mskrxm5dzpkrkjk3vjg4s76dyrdrl43e6qqrju6vszyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav65u2t7v We probably need a &#34;AI is going just great&#34; in the spirit of &#34;web3 is going just great&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Hackread/115448122449051028">https://mstdn.social/@Hackread/115448122449051028</a> 2025-10-28T02:02:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfd3ygezjhgsvql5hqpnhj3qhvv5r4e437a8u65nh24zdsh2q57fszyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6hfqlkz I really do want to be able to get behind EVs in practice. In concept (on paper), they&#39;re a slam-dunk over gas cars (especially in backwards places like USA, where we don&#39;t even have other sources of FOSSIL fuel available to us unless we&#39;re a fleet)<br/><br/>But in practice, it&#39;s pretty much a shitshow. You either buy an affordable one that will suffer from heat damage to the battery cause it has no cooling, get one that&#39;s not well supported by the OEM, or pay a ton and fund fascists (TSLA) 2025-09-05T18:14:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspe2fdp5psn0jc88fz09j0gsgggn6ky79ngg84yx5kjjwp5g0ae2czyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6d2px4g periodic reminder that if Webex and Teams are consistently offered up as &#34;good&#34; alternatives to your software, you&#39;re bad and should feel bad<br/><br/>And you also may be Zoom 2025-04-01T23:44:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstff4mspyw9gkdsnhge3635657pwa4uwa4vmamaqagngwq0ex9skqzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6gj3usz I haven&#39;t really realized it until now, but a big reason I was able to survive while running Linux for 30 years was because I didn&#39;t allow myself to get wrapped in what OTHERS wanted my experience to be like. I chose what worked for me and refined that over time.<br/><br/>It really sucks that in some parts of the internet, things have gotten MORE toxic over time just because people don&#39;t run the &#34;correct&#34; things<br/><br/>Easier said than done (unfortunately), but run what works for you; ignore the naysayers 2025-02-26T23:10:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0wyqumy48u0mtnr0ge5xyg5sch2he98yp7pdcaf64yxyurnt53vgzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6v00kph Seeing the consequences of Facebook/Meta&#39;s actions roll in on Home is heartwarming<br/><br/>(I keep calling them &#34;Facebook&#34; because, like Twitter, Meta threw Facebook&#39;s brand recognition in the trash like a used condom after pinning it to a table and giving it a night it&#39;ll never forget.) 2025-01-11T00:09:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxre49ahvw726agk57slz83qrl9s9y75u6myff4t0ucy7v8fhesqgzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6jlh3da IBM: sued clone makers over clean-rooming BIOS.<br/><br/>Also IBM: used AWARD BIOS in later Aptivas.<br/><br/>When they admit defeat, they go big or go home. 2024-12-31T00:03:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrzu6zrzyk6jadxlpymu22qmk2mzm2n8cw3u5x583tvzwxtgf386szyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6l22cp3 Now wait...<br/><br/>I only have the THREE-disk version of DOS 6.22<br/><br/>Maybe this is a rare version that comes with Windows 95<br/><br/><a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/113736764558342480">https://digipres.club/@foone/113736764558342480</a> 2024-12-29T15:54:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsts3nlvek7wsu4049km9c5jyn8503vfhrztn5qyegrxgqvluyzh3qzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6mhwxax In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsys2czepr5hs2634cn9qdgfmnwl2zwxpss9977qge3xzdduxes60sxkvpf4'>nevent1q…vpf4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ll actually be willing to talk to my computer to accomplish this.<br/><br/>&#34;YOU ARE BAD AND SHOULD FEEL BAD&#34; 2024-12-09T15:26:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx9d6f8p9j7fj2wxcc82s86s3rnul64xxxtgac9906vqsfuhfuf0gzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6226efn Is this a current screenshot or is this from 2013<br/><br/>I ask because even macOS Sequoia is more open than Windows. A Catholic chaperoned girl is more open than Windows.<br/><br/>Not to mention even the Red Hattest most corporate versions of Linux, the BSDs, etc.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.threads.net/@thurrott/post/DCzVJ9JOaX5">https://www.threads.net/@thurrott/post/DCzVJ9JOaX5</a> 2024-11-25T22:54:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8sx9fwskq7g2pme5w4n868dqanl6zxw6562nfqaa4dpe68p0tkrgzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6nt2gjv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvuvz0dtzf69d6mmzd33rz4jjfehnnhlcumlpydtlstgdazecml0cjvx87u'>nevent1q…x87u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was going to guess this was Ford Ranchero, but El Camino is a vehicle I miss. We haven&#39;t had those in USA since GM dropped the G cars after about 1988 :o( 2024-11-18T01:12:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs025u8ty256pw93rjj8v96q47xfzl3e7nd9fue5z09ejhe4zsm06czyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6vzxugh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstugeeqs4nwfnd7um725pmnrr5h0pctswmz6yvqss4farrwpt5h7gqlpx8k'>nevent1q…px8k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>they have plenty of prior art (e.g., Termux) 2024-11-03T14:41:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdlrqp97ehlehrljqvp76wlaus9q5qvlhhhqnqe87k3wtxlf9qg4gzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6azrjmp Being reminded once again that the thing stopping my mobile phone from being actually powerful is a terminal (even a remote access one). SecureCRT can still be slayed by the OS just because it ran for 2 minutes in the background 2024-11-03T14:13:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz7hvpkgzhnzms4nnhky7hax9symgxkm98jl3ea9jpugu2ymu6a0gzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6rk050v Everyone had their favorite cracks they played or used<br/><br/>#MostEightiesThingEver #AppleII<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/269/241/449/473/064/original/0bdf34a4235b8602.png"> <br/> 2024-10-08T01:38:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvt420daqvskygegsx3js6j5xcupddku8ttx7dqn2ckmtlzzvpnhqzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6m9nxlg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2k8zy7pe4jwxg4yewz6z50pukmgsmepnpzd9vyzdkprkn39xl3aqlj4wj8'>nevent1q…4wj8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s a shame. Isn&#39;t that the one that&#39;s essentially an LC475 or LC575 in the compact form factor? 2024-10-07T21:53:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvkw3dt8u44l45wr94u8nuajsm2vhs56njqjyw2wah7qlhqn9y4xgzyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav6ztupd9 TIL Apple shipped the Color Classic internationally and actually called it &#34;Colour Classic&#34; in the markets it should have 2024-10-07T21:25:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8e6lrj7pel2aza5apq3gnshhzyfhpeael8m4hu4f2uxe6ghrwm6szyp67k8jl69vtj5xl2wx4ck9skf76g46eketm58hqhg35rjr9ugav60nzjfx &gt;TMBG video on YouTube.<br/>&gt;Posted by &#34;ParticleMen&#34;.<br/><br/>Oh please let that be their real channel, please oh please let that be th<br/><br/>&gt;check the channel.<br/>&gt;it IS the official TMBG channel!<br/><br/>And all is right with the world. 2024-10-03T02:06:34Z